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Jean Paul USA Trumpet, Silver TR-430S - $204.05 Delivered (RRP US$449.99) @ Amazon AU

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We're renting trumpet for Year 5 lessons at school but have to purchase our own instrument for Year 6.
While looking at possible options I found this bargain and it was delivered today! This is a good trumpet with upgraded valves, has a lot of positive reviews from professional musicians. At approx $500 .AUD discount it's great value.!

The Jean Paul TR-430S Silver plated trumpet offers its users a substantial upgrade in playing experience. Its Silver plated body construction makes for durable and sharp looking instrument. With an adjustable third trigger, the TR-430S allows for a natural hand Position and proper playing technique. It's upgraded with highly durable piston valves, lengthen the life of the instrument while maximizing sound quality. With intermediate students in mind, the TR-430S Silver plated trumpet makes a great vehicle for those players looking to take their performance to the next level.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
Everything you need to get started:

1 TR-430 Trumpet
1 Semi-hard Carrying Case
1 Standard 7C Mouthpiece
1 Cleaning Cloth
1 Valve Oil

Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocD4lPVliZU

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  • +40

    My friend plays horn and thinks its best to keep renting because..
    … its not good to toot your own horn

    • This joke makes me horn-y

    • Yes but it's less enjoyable when you have to polish someone else's horn

  • +1

    We just got 2nd hand instruments for our kids off marketplace. Was cheaper than renting for 1 year.

    • +43

      our kids off marketplace

      ?your kids are off marketplace?

      • +3

        ?your kids are off marketplace?

        What's the going rate for kids these days? Thinking about selling some.

        • The whole school or…?

    • +3

      yamaha trumpet ytr 1335 is a really popular option secondhand, perfect student trumpet and can be had for about $300. I've had mine for about 10 years now.

      • +1

        +1, this is what I'd pick

    • +4

      we've been renting through school and it was $100 for a year, we did consider 2nd hand instruments but could not find anything good in this range and opted for a quality one from school (Yamaha) as it makes huge difference for a beginner if valves getting stuck etc. It paid off as we've got a request for a new trumpet for Christmas :)

      • +4

        Ours were about $200 per year.

        For 2nd hand, it depends on what time of the year you look.

        Best time is between the end of the school year and over the summer holidays when some students decide not to keep going the following year and offload their instruments.

    • +1

      What a special moment, my first upvoted jv post.

  • trousertrumpet

    • That's not how it works.

  • +5

    Not to blow my own trumpet because I don't have one.

    • Well now you can get one.

  • This deal blows

    • -1

      You’re right, because $204 is the new standard Amazon price!

  • +2

    I think I blew a valve when I saw this great price.

    • +1

      Literally an ex-Brass player here. I would prefer Yamaha for quality though. Used to play a Euphonium ;)

      • +4

        As opposed to not literally?

        • +1

          Some people say they're exbrass but you know they just played woodwind.

        • Also, I need to work on not saying literally so much

        • +1

          Ex-brass could mean a former copper…

  • +1

    🎵 And the trumpets they goooooooooo

  • +4

    This one time, at band camp I…..

    • +1

      you blew your own trumpet ???

      • +3

        That was no trumpet.

  • +5

    I can't wait for someone to impulse buy this, something along the lines of "just bought a trumpet not sure if I have a use for it"

    • +1

      blow it out your ass

    • -4

      They’re buying to flip for profits on ebay, yet too dumb to realise Amazon are indicating this $204 is the new standard price!

      • +1

        They’re buying to flip for profits on ebay

        really?

        • +1

          He's just trolling $204.50 was never the new standard price and he knew it; just likes to cause trouble for people.

      • Muppet

    • -1

      Hamish would never buy this for Impulse Club because he hates Andy's trumpet ways.

  • +1

    yep good starter trumpet if your a beginner. If you're more than a beginner though might want to skip this one lol.

  • +4

    Thanks mate,

    I picked one up. Great price and great reviews. Sax player here but will be fun to try out trumpet :)

  • OOS on amazon.

    I brought one direct from jean paul a couple years ago only for my brother only annoying thing was you don't get a quote for shipping until mostly purchases it. when a school charges $150 a year for instrument rental the Jean pauls are really value for money.

  • showing as $532

    • Out of stock, $532 is Brass version, Silver is gone.

    • Silver $684, pricing mistake?

  • +2

    i have absolutely no need for this. i wanted one, but out of stock now :(

    • Back in stock? Showing at $204 now. Maybe someone cancelled an order

  • I got one for $204 :) They all gone now

  • I used Covid as an excuse to learn a new instrument… it's such a expensive hobby in general…

    • +3

      Musicians:

      Lugging a $4000 instrument 400 KMs in a $400 car to a 4 hour gig that pays $40 (or $20 and a roast)

      • +1

        Such is life…

        I have a $12k cello and my car is a 1999 Corolla…

        (I do charge a bit more for gigs though…)

    • initially expensive maybe, but cheap in the long run since you buy once and have it forever. so divide the price to 30, 40, 50 years.

  • -1

    I've been waiting for a tuba to come on sale so I can play it following morbidly obese people around…

    • Why…?

      • +1

        Because, you know, "funny".

    • Yep. Making fun of obese people is super cool.

  • +1

    Back in stock!!

    • +1

      dang it, this is a roller coaster of emotions: in stock, out of stock, in stock, out of stock, in stock. aaaaahhhhhhhhh

    • +2

      You sir, just made me spend $204 for no reason. Thanks, here have a vote.

      • -3

        $204 is the new standard price. Better cancel before it’s too late! Check Amazon’s product page again.

        • Pretty sure that's the USD price you're looking at

    • +3
      • -5

        Irrelevant. It’s a new standard price on Amazon so camel is wrong. But good luck to all of you planning on flipping this one for a profit. I’m predicting a tonne of cancellations..

        • +1

          Troll user.

        • +2

          i dont buy to flip. i buy because….

          i don't know why i buy, i just buy. its the OzBargain way.

        • +1

          Man if I hadn't read your comment, I could have had this for $204.50 instead of $432.77 which the price is now according to Amazon AU. Your comment annoys me more than the trumpet would have annoyed my rural neighbors (in a valley, this would have carried) and given the kid down the road is learning a new instrument - I want revenge on two people now. You and the guy down the road!

          I held out thinking oh it's the new price, can wait until pay day - thanks a million JeBs. Worst ozbargain comment ever.

    • +1

      Already back to $432.77

  • Do you have nice neighbours

  • +1

    I'd suggest a beginner Yamaha that will take them through the next decade nicely if they choose to stick with it, otherwise it holds value well for resale.

    So many things that can be cheaped out on that will lead to a crappy experience on a cheap horn

    • is the yamaha $204?

      if not, i'm not interested.

      • Good onya fellow bargain hunter

        • lol, no one looking at this is a professional trumpet player. yamaha is probably good, but for a beginner anything works fine, then eventually upgrade to something better. but most will fail, stop, or get bored, and the the cost on entry is cheaper with this then a yamaha.

          • @Hugh G Rection: I agree most wouldn't follow it through to a lifelong hobby, in which case Yamaha really is the bargain. That said, a cheap instrument like this will pretty well guarantee a crappy experience and a quick resell - why even bother?

            • @cydia9k: its not that much better and less then 20% the price of a yamaha. i get it, you're passionate about your trumpet, you are part of the very few that continued. most won't, and this is an excellent deal. there is always going to be something better. someone else would say why buy a yamaha when you can get a Bach Stradivarius, Getzen, Dizzy Gillespie's Martin, or Harrelson Summit.

              • +1

                @Hugh G Rection: Please don't associate me with that pathetic group of doot tooters, I'm a glorious bass trombonist.

                You aren't wrong, I'm being pushed to buy a Bach 50A.. Yamaha has just been the value standard for 20 years now, making sure that is stated in this thread to save parents some money.

                • +1

                  @cydia9k: lol, fair enough.

                  i have zero idea how to play, i bought this for no reason other then it was a bargain. i will try to learn to play for fun, but i also have other instruments (guitar, violin, ukulele, and piano) that i purchased that are cheap and also playing for fun. i can always gift to to someone else that might be more interested then me to play, so it won't go to waste.

                  • @Hugh G Rection: Actually a pretty solid choice and deal for your circumstances then, nice one.

                    IMO your time is best invested in the guitar first, but doot out the ABC theme and The Last Post at minimum and you'll have got your money's worth.

                  • @Hugh G Rection: Once you fill it with a gallon of saliva!!

                • @cydia9k: Woot. Fellow bass-bonist here. The main problem with this instrument is its not a trombone!

                  • @Fredorishi: That can be fixed with heat and some pliers, or the situation improved at minimum

            • +2

              @cydia9k: Have you watched the review link in bottom of the post? There are quite a few really good reviews for this particular model. It's not a professional instrument but it still works very well after 6 months of good use with zero scratches and marks on the valves. Beginner model TR-330 is different from this one and it indeed has few issues with the valves, that's why they've been upgraded in TR430.

              • +1

                @intra: Fair enough, this may be a step above other Chinese-made cheap-o's I've experienced in the past.

  • +3

    Thanks OP. Bought it at $204. Now got back to 411.
    Was looking for a trumpet. Not sure about the brand, compare to Yamaha, but can't beat that price.
    Rent at our school is $300 per year!

    • +2

      sounds like I should open up a school and rake in profits from leasing out musical instruments

      • It's an absolute racket if you do the repairs yourself, otherwise still pretty good turnover as you rent out 80%+ of your stock yearly

        • +1

          Schools are typical not renting out $200 no name trumpets, and yearly servicing is easily $150-200 the way 10yo treat them.

    1. Anyone who wants a $204 "new" trumpet, just go and pick one from XYZ seller on eBay or AliExpress. There are actually only a handful of very large brass factories in China and they all put out the same stuff, whether it has a recognisable brand name or not.

    2. The only trumpets that come to mind under $1k in Australia brand new that are made by the factory branded on the instrument are Yamaha (student range), Jupiter (Taiwan), Wisemann (who make a lot of the other brand's trumpets for them) and Besson (student range). Edit: forgot Eastman, newbies on the scene.

    3. This trumpet is bad. The biggest problem is the softness of the brass itself, which makes it very easy to deform and bend out of shape. When you imagine that the piston valves need a very tight tolerance to be air tight, bending the outer valve casings easily destroys the instrument beyond economical repair.

    4. Like others say, if you have $200 and want to play trumpet, go rent one or find a second hand Yamaha/Besson/Jupiter

  • Everyone who purchased the instrument - you are eligible for 1 year warranty if you register within 90 days from your purchase https://jeanpaulusa.com/pages/warranty-registration
    Additionally Amazon return is allowed until 31 Jan 2022 on my order.

  • For those who missed out, maybe Axiom could be a good alternative.

    https://www.axiommusic.com.au/trumpet-for-sale

    • It's the same trumpet, so go nuts.

  • +1

    Seeing a lot of kids getting tortured by unwanted music classes after this deal XD

  • bought one as i used to play it in highschool.

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