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I haven’t played a huge number of different cornets (and zero high end modern makes)...mostly vintage horns.

Out of those, my favorite was a gold plated Conn 84A from 1922. I deeply regret selling that horn.

Sale pending.

It doesn’t have anything to do with how the horn plays, but the horn looking “cool” is a big key for young kids.

Kids can lose interest pretty quickly if their peers make fun of them for not having a shiny instrument. It’s a fickle, petty thing, but unfortunately a real issue.

Does everybody remember the 1-2 kids in middle school that had a “silver” trumpet? In a 12 year old mind...silver means a better/more expensive trumpet.

As mentioned though, build quality and condition will be the key factors. If the trumpet has it, then it fits the bill for the original post.

We’ll have to start a list in this thread of horns that fit an average budget that members can attest to quality (like the suggestions in the posts above).

@Kehaulani said in Flugel Thread:

Thank you. Not only is the workmanship outstanding, I'll bet the price is, as well.

It was not cheap, that much is true. However, for the level of custom work that went into this horn...and the high end components like Zirnbaur valves...you would be surprised at how much less $$$ it cost compared to other flugels.

In fact, I can tell you that it was less expensive than STOCK (non custom) models from Monette, Harrelson, Taylor, Inderbinen, Marcinkiewicz, Schagerl...and probably a few more I’m not thinking of at the moment.

Worth it!

Everybody is of course free to share personal details of their lives...but I would personally caution against sharing full home addresses (especially with pictures) online.

Dillon Music in New Jersey...

Add that to the US list.

If only it worked like that!

Oh...and in case it does work like that...I’ll take it up to an even $100.

Seems as if it doesn’t matter... I see a red “banned” banner next to one of the names. I’m not sure what happened there.