Startone STR 25 Bb-Trumpet Reviews

Nice trumpet

Still learning and enjoying! The music teacher told me that it's good to begin with 🙂

Valve springs make lots of noise

Overall good for the price, but the valve springs make really noticeable sounds, that they aren't supposed to.

Will contact support and update the review.

Dobra

Za ovaj novac veoma odličan instrument!

Great trumpet for a beginner

For a beginner horn, there are no issues. Sound production is fine and it is relatively easy to play. The quality of the metal is not great, but that is to be expected for the price. Comes with valve oil to keep the action nice and smooth. All in all, it's decent for beginners, but sound quality would likely be less than satisfactory for more advanced players

best for seeing if you like playing the trumpet or not

have had this for 3 months to learn trumpet in quarantine... making slow progress but having lots of fun

Thank you

My neighbor hate me now...

Completely fulfill it's purpose !

Bought one 3 and half years ago

Bought it as i decided to join a local Marching band, easy instrument to learn, intonation is okay tends to become flat after F (top of the cleft) and both lower and higher notes can be hard to play for beginners, plus, they will be a bit out of tune.

Building quality is fine, i wouldn't expect anyone to own this instrument for longer than 2/3 years before progressing. 3 and half years later i will have to admit that the lacquer and pistons are in way much better condition than other instruments i bought from other brands.

Overall i'm happy to have started with this trumpet, accessible price that won't break your bank and you will be able to play traditional + marching music with no problem, concerts well not really. I'm keeping it as my field trumpet.

Great Beginners Trumpet

I haven't played trumpet for over 20 years, and felt the urge growing to start again over the past year, finally I bought this one as it is for a great price.

Everything's great, the only downsides I found are;

- The "D"Slider goes quite stiff,

- The valves sometimes come up too "slowly" , but Im'not sure if this is because of the way that I press the valves or because they're a bit wonky.

As for the sound I can definitely not produce the sounds given in the example of the site, but once again that could be because I'm very "rusty" at playing the trumpet, it is my first week of having this trumpet and I haven't played since I was 12 years old. so over 20 years ago.

Very good for beginners

It was bought for students in our school and proved perfect for its use!

resonance is decent, good case.

Real Trumpet

This trumpet is of high quality for unbeatable price. It is still giving us great sounds.

Although I am not qualified to write a review...

I bought one of these long time ago, when I was thinking of start playing the trumpet.

I am not a trumpet player (my main instrument is the elec. guitar) so take this quick review with a big grain of salt.

Cosmetically the instrument was fine. In terms of playability, the valves were jamming frequently but oiling the valves every now and then is part of the fun I guess.

I never got to the point of actually playing my butt out of it because it was my very first attempt but I guess it was cheap enough to give it a go and decide that it's not for me.

To the newbies that are thinking of getting in the trumpet word, two things; Buy some oil, you are going to need it regardless thich trumpet you are going to buy; The most difficult part is the "mask" so chances are it's going to take you some time to make decent sounds, it's NOT the intruments fault or flaw.

;)

Are you on a budget and want to try your hand at playing brass? Then this might be your trumpet

It's been about two and a half years since I bought this instrument now, so I figured I should revisit my review now that I have some more experience playing trumpet in general, and this instrument in particular. To make this easy, I'll be dividing this review into two sections.

The Good:

The valves are surprisingly pleasant for the price, and are still holding up just as well now as they did when I first bought the instrument. And it has a quite pleasant tone for being so cheap. It's a very pretty trumpet too, and the lacquer has held up quite nicely.

The case is pretty decent as well, at least after I tucked the included white gloves in the channel for the lead pipe in the top. If you don't, your trumpet will wobble around a bit in the case which doesn't seem like it would be too healthy in the long run.

Third tuning slide works fantastic, slides quick and smooth with very little resistance. Compression is quite okay for being a cheap instrument, though the third slide will droop if you place your instrument bell-down on a trumpet stand.

The Bad:

The slotting and intonation is.. not great. Open C below staff is a struggle to hit accurately, as a beginner this was incredibly discouraging, but after trying out a Yamaha YT3335 at a music store I found out it wasn't me, so I just kept at it.

Though the valves were and still are quite good (Yes, really!), the valve caps were initially quite stuck. But squirting some valve oil on the threads helped a lot once I managed to remove them.

The main tuning slide can sort out some of the problem notes, but the relative intonation isn't great so you'll need a good embouchure and know your way around the first and third valve tuning slides to compensate if you are going to record or play with others.

Speaking of the first and third valve slides, there was some black gunk on them initially, which cleaned off fine after a few rounds of giving it a bath and gentle scrub-down. I mentioned before that the third slide still feels fine, but the first... doesn't. Though after giving it a bit of steel wool polishing, which I doubt does any favours for the seal, it slides a little bit more freely.

The main tuning slide was initially quite difficult to move, but some slide grease and a drop or two of oil helps. Think I ended up having to give the main slide a round of steel wool polish as well, but now it moves smoothly without excessive force being needed.

Why should you buy it?

If you need a really really cheap trumpet, it's not a bad deal for the money. You could definitely get a better instrument used for just a little bit more money, but in covid-19 times finding a trustworthy seller can be scary. If you don't mind saving for a bit longer though, I would highly recommend doing so. This instrument is not an easy trumpet to play.

is good

This is my first trumpet i am very satisfied for quality

and price

The best choice for beginners

Very good

Its a very good instrument for beginners

I'm pleased with this horn

Good for the price!

The buttons are always jamming so you have to put oil on it more often.

Perfect for beginners!

Very good product

Bought this for my daughter as an introductory trumpet as she is just starting to play. Delighted with the quality and the service was second to none.

The good quality for a price

I bought the Startone Trumpet 6 month ago, and I'm thankfull, know I bought also one for my friend.

It is not the best, but is a very good instrument for this money.

Very good

Very good product for that price. Everything exactly as expected. Very good looking. My daughter loves it.

Beautiful Trumpet!

What a beautiful instrument! It's a pity I can't play it! I was delighted with this though. It looks fantastic, the quality seems fantastic. I'm sure it sounds great but I can't really tell when I play the scale or 'oh when the saints'. A great buy for someone who doesn't want to commit a lot of money when buying a new instrument.