Summary: When looking for a trumpet to buy, try a local music store for new instruments to buy and rent or consult their repair staff to fix a trumpet purchased elsewhere. Buy a trumpet with the tips in this free music-education video on music lessons and instrument care from a music store manager.
Chris Behrens is the sales manager of Summerhays Music in Murray, Utah. He has a degree in band instrument repair from Red Wing Tech College and spent his first five years with...read more
"Hi, my name is Chris Behrens, with Summerhays Music Center, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and we're going to talk just a little bit on how to buy a trumpet. Now, there's multiple different ways of how you can buy a trumpet, but for the first time player, a very good student model trumpet, is the way to go. You can look online at your local music stores. Then, you can call them, and any reputable music store will have a quality repair staff, all the accessories, and help and teacher lessons, that you will need. You can look at purchasing a beginner trumpet. You can look at renting a beginner trumpet, and usually a rental, is a really good way for the first time player to go, when looking at a trumpet, because you never know if you're going to like the trumpet or not, and by renting one, that is an excellent way to go, when looking to buy a trumpet. Most of the rental plans are set up to where you can do a rent to own, and then at that point, if you like the trumpet, you can stick with it. If you have any other questions on how to buy a trumpet, or what to look for in a trumpet, and the different plans on buying a trumpet, feel free to visit us at summerhaysmusic.com, and email us with any questions you might have."
eHow Article: How to Buy a Trumpet