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The mouthpiece is silver-colored (the trumpet is brass) and is marked “RMC 7”. It is 3.25 inches long.

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“Reynolds Metalist Made in U.S.A”, serial number 135497 (on the #2 valve casing. “Strangled” is a good descriptive term for how it sounds, and there was only a single pitch that did not change when the valves were pressed.

@stephanurus said in Trumpet won’t play:

@trumpetb

I tried each step in the order that you instructed and found no blockages. The only thing I noticed is that the cork separator in the third valve is broken in half but is still held in place between the washer and the piston. The trumpet will not play.

Hey! I just got it to play! But I had to blow quite hard. I used to play cornet 60 years ago and don’t remember the cornet being this hard to play. It requires an almost superhuman effort to sound anything. That can’t be right.

@trumpetb

I tried each step in the order that you instructed and found no blockages. The only thing I noticed is that the cork separator in the third valve is broken in half but is still held in place between the washer and the piston. The trumpet will not play.

I bought a no-brand-name used trumpet at an auction. It will play nothing. There was one sticky valve but I oiled it and it is ok but the trumpet still won’t play. I removed all the tuning slides, cleaned and oiled them and checked the body of the trumpet for obstructions and found none. The valves are numbered 1,2,3, and are in their casings also numbered 1.2,3, with the numbers facing toward the mouthpiece. I have tried reversing the orientation of the valves. No sound. I have tried the valves in the “wrong” casing, in all combinations. No sound. When the tuning slides are removed, I noted that the 2 holes of valve #1 were 1/2 open and closed, respectively, when not pressed, and open and open, when pressed. In valve #2 it was 2/3 open and closed when not pressed and open and open, when pressed. In valve #3, it was 1/2 open and closed when not pressed, and open and open when pressed. Can anyone tell from this description what )is wrong? I used to play cornet years ago but can do nothing with this trumpet.