Tromba Pro Professional Plastic Bb Flugelhorn, Golden

This is a great little horn. Nice and lightweight, good tone and great appearance. The valves are a little sluggish at first but after a bit of lubrication they lighten up nicely. The valves don't index like a normal brass horn and seems block the air flow if in wrong, but if you turn the valve 180 degrees they will line up perfectly and is perfectly playable. The mouth piece that is supplied with the horn is a nice deep and straight walled. It came with a gig bag case and has two extra sets of buttons for the valves. Overall I'm pleasantly surprised with the horn being of plastic construction and a very good value for the price. This would be a great purchase for parents not knowing if their child will stick with music and would be a good alternative to a rental instrument.After showing the horn to my neighbor who is a retired music educator of over 50 years he was very impressed and asked if I would order him one. He played in the Army band and is proficient on various instruments. No problems with his horn or mine. The slides are a little stiff initially but can be greased up like any brass horn and they loosen up.After several months the top of the 1st valve separated. This portion holds the button stem in place, which holds the valve spring in. Waiting on a response for a fix from Tromba

For what it's worth, I'm a trombone player, but I also double on trumpet, and I've been playing brass instruments for about 10 years now. I bought this just on a whim, and for what it's worth, it does a good job. The mouthpiece that comes with the horn, unlike other plastic instruments, is metal, stamped "Tromba" but otherwise no size markings. Another reviewer said it was a copy of the Denis Wick 4FL, so I'll take their word for it.It comes with a gig bag, cleaning snake, 2 brushes (one for your valves, and one for your mouthpiece), and a second set of valve stems, as well as a second set of springs, should you ever need to replace the current ones. Unnecessary, but a nice touch nonetheless.Pros: It's plastic and durable. It's also extremely light, obviously. Nice, warm, mellow sound. Valves are nice and fast (faster than my King Silver Flair... should probably get that checked out). Tuning slides move freely.Cons: From a low C (concert Bb) to above-staff F (concert Eb), it is in tune. However, where the G is supposed to be, is actually a slightly sharp F# (concert E). It's possible to lip it, but it's extremely flat, almost completely unusable. Going above an A (concert G), it becomes very squirrelly and hard to control. I took out my tuner, and I kept fluctuating between A and A# (but another reviewer said this is common among other flugelhorns as well).The valves also don't "sit" in the valve casing, and they don't click/lock into place like many other trumpets or trumpet-like instruments. You have to twist them around to align them, and it becomes a bit of a guessing game as to where they align (hint: it's the locking pegs; if you buy the horn, you'll see what I mean). They're also quite noisy, and depressing them while playing a fast passage can be quite audible.Overall, I like it. It's my first venture into plastic instruments (I have played a pBone before, and those aren't half bad either). I probably wouldn't do a serious performance with it, but it certainly is nice to keep around and practice. No leaks, no cracks, no damage to the horn upon arrival. Ships in a Tromba box, and the horn definitely looks as advertised.

Very good product for plastic. I've noticed that from (concert Bb middle to around just a little above Bb above middle or low C to just above staff notes) is a nice sound and can be in pitch. Once you go above staff, you may need to lip up to get notes to stay in tune and anything lower than C you may want to watch your pitch as it may go flat. This horn has a mouth piece tuning slide, regular tuning pipe, ring finger third valve tuning slide for tuning. I like the overall design down to how the caps are clamped on. It comes with a mouth piece, extra valve buttons, extra springs, cleaning snakes and mouth piece brush, and a valve cleaning stick and a cloth. I used a synthetic valve oil as I know any petroleum product may melt the plastic as plastic usually has petroleum in it. The synthetic oil does allow for action in valves but it is not as good as blue juice in a brass flugelhorn. It is fast moving though just not what I like to see and feel. Because it's lighter in weight, you have to ensure you have a stability in your arms and ensure you keep good positioning with your mouth and mouth piece when moving (like marching). It takes practice. I do recommend practicing pitches with your lips and mouth piece before attempting this horn because that's what's gonna get the sound to be correct. Without that practice, the pitch of notes will go wildly off. Play a tuned piano in A 440 and play on mouth piece and buzz sound on lips as well. Get use to being pitch perfect. It is good practice for any brass player anyway. Other than that, this is a great horn. I find that if I run a little distilled water after playing and rinsing it out good that allows the horn to clean up and keeps any crusting from happening. If you polish you will have to use a plastic polish that does not take off plastic shine. AND, non-toxic. In cleaning inside use dish washing liquid with warm water and brushes.

the quality of sound is very good but having problems with the valves. they stick and are very sluggish. hopefully they will work better as time goes on.

i loved it, yeah the valves are clunky, but it was lightweight, felt good in my partially paralyzed hands and i loved the sound, i was so happy to get it. for a day it was the most fun i have had since i was a little kid...then a day later, the valves are hopelessly sticky and frozen and it is unplayable and the zipper on the cool gig bag only last a few hours. oh well, i had fun for almost a whole day. :( now the zipper is so broken i can't get it out of the bag. oh well, so depressed the horn was only playable for one day.

Als jemand, der nach über 30 Jahren wieder mit einem Blechblasinstrument beginnt, bin ich total von der Verarbeitung, dem Ansprechverhalten und der äußeren Erscheinung des Instrumentes begeistert! Erfreulich ist auch, dass dem Flügelhorn in diesem speziellen Angebot von Viz-Pro Europe ein metallenes Mundstück beiliegt, welches ein "Abbild" vom Denis Wick 4FL sein soll (hab ich in irgendeinem englischsprachigen Forum gelesen). In direktem Vergleich zu einem Vincent Bach 3CFL klingt es angenehm weich.Zur Maschine möchte ich noch sagen, dass die Ventile unter eine Woche intensiv bespielt (und geölt) werden müssen, um "eingefahren" zu werden. Nach einer Woche allerdings laufen sie einwandfrei! Die Tromba konnte ich in direktem Vergleich zu einem älteren, in einem Niedrigpreissegment angesiedelten geliehenen Schülerinstrument aus Messing (ca. 550€) testen. Das Messinginstrument hatte überhaupt keine Chance! Die Tromba zeigte ein exorbitant besseres Ansprechverhalten und eine wesentlich bessere, nein hervorragende Intonation! Klanglich konnte das Blech auch nicht mit dem feinen Kunststoffinstrument mithalten!