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Review Date: 9/2/2008
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Would you recommend the horn? No |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
| Rating: 3
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ok horn
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overpriced!
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would NOT buy this horn
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Review Date: 10/1/2008
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Would you recommend the horn? No |
Price you paid?: $1,000.00
| Rating: 1
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The silver plating is good
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Stuffy tone, poor response, sounds like pure shit.
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Yep this horn plays like pure shit. I bought it off of a another pro who needed cash due to a taxevasion biid. It's the only way I would ever spend money on this level of garbage. Sounded OK when I first played it, but, on the job, I had to go back to my Leblanc T357, which is awesome. I've played mostly Bach, Schilke, Wild thing, and this is the biggest waste of metal, time and money there is. Do youself a favor, Buy Bundy, go on a nice vacation with the rest.
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Review Date: 11/16/2008
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Would you recommend the horn? Yes |
Price you paid?: $4,500.00
| Rating: 9
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made to fit the person, good projection, tone, etc.
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is a little expensive, but you get what you pay for
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Who ever said they didn't like the horn there is a good reason, its because these horns are hand made to fit one person. That person will play differently.So if you buy one of these horns from someone other than the owner, Blackburn himself, then don't expect it to play to your specs. I don't know many companies that will make a horn to how you play. This is that last Bflat anyone will ever need.
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WJB
Junior Member
Registered: May 2009
Location: Lansing
Posts: 10
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Review Date: 5/23/2009
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Would you recommend the horn? Yes |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
| Rating: 0
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He hopefuly got it at a good price!
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Resale should be good
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That is pure non-sense about it being built for jsut one person. Everytrumpet on earth was designed to play best for one particular person....It might have been the designer or a specific artist but they all designed around one person.... Any Bb trumpet that is worth it's weight in scrap brass should be easily playable by anyone that can play a Bb trumpet. I am not saying it is going to be the best match for you as it normaly takes 3-10 trumpets over a coure of a life time to find one that really rreally fits you unless you go to a large convention and get to play 3-4 models froma llthe big companies then it can be done rather quickly. Most shop's push what they have on hand or that gives the best return. If they have to keep stock on hand they go witht he most popular model. Try getting a Bach 72 Bell Strad at the typical mid western Music Store!!! Sure they can get but they will have 10 Back 180S37's sittingon display. That is why it takes a while to find what fits you best.
On top of that when you get into this price range even if you do not like the way it plays it shouldnot be a piece of junk either! You expect a pro-model to be top notch.
Blackburn Trumpets are just like all the rest you pick a bore size from a chart,bell from a chart, leadpipe from a chart and the slide shape you want from a chart...He is not custome makeing each leadpipe for one person each time he builds a trumpet etc....
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