jHorn (White/Green)

After having my jHorn for a little while now and practicing with it a whole bunch I can say that its a really fun little instrument. I come from a low brass background (trombone/baritone/euphonium) and the "large" included mouth piece feels pretty good. High notes sing out and sound mostly great and low notes aren't bad as long as you aren't going through a lot of tubing. there are a few things that aren't perfect when playing. TL;DR conclusion is this is a great toy for the price. I would recommend to anyone with a brass background just wanting a new fun toy to mess around with and leave out so its always easy to pick up and play. I would NOT recommend this as a student instrument or for kids wanting to learn to play brass instruments. Its harder to play than a real instrument and might discourage them. the pbone is a better student horn.I'm going to get a little detailed here so if you aren't a music person you probably don't care. Like I said previously the more tubing you ask the air to go through the more difficult it gets to get a good tone, I'm not entirely sure why, I don't know the math behind how instruments work, I just play them. It might be just something up with the 3rd valve's piping. Also, the open D above the staff sounds off pitch, very off. the open F above the staff also feels off pitch a bit. I have found that using 1/2 alternate fingering for both these notes gets them right in tune with the rest of the instrument but is a bit inconvenient.I tried all the different mouth pieces and like the large one best because of my background. the middle one is a bit like half way between a trumpet and trombone with the smallest feeling like a trumpet. I was able to fit a small bore trombone mouth piece into the lead pipe but just barely so it probably lowered my tuning a bit. I could play fine with it but I felt like the included mouth piece was more suited to the instrument. the rubbery texture was comfortable to play on for long periods of time.Overall I would recommend this product

I really wanted to like this little horn. The idea of a quiet practice instrument that I can just park by the desk and use when I only have a minute or two is great. I was also intrigued by the valves... great, innovative design. The problem is this... it's almost impossible to play in tune. I tried all of the silicone mouthpiece inserts, tried my trumpet mouthpiece, tried my tenor trombone mouthpiece. With LOTS of effort and lipping I could get some notes to play in tune, but higher or lower in the register and there was no way to dial it in. I saw some impressive YouTube videos on the horn, but I just can't replicate the results. I've been playing brass instruments for decades, so I can't imagine what would happen when you give this to a learner. Sure, they can make some stuffy brass-like honking noises, but not much else. They certainly won't use this to develop a sense of being in tune. Seems like it would get played for a few days, stuffed into the closet, and forgotten about. I sent mine back (thank you Amazon for a great return policy). Also beware: the plastic fitting where the long Bb tuning slide inserts was not well glued on my horn... it would gap when changing between the Bb and C tubing and would be at risk of cracking/breaking over time.

Last year before Christmas, my four-year-old son began telling us he wanted a tuba for Christmas. We laughed and dismissed it, thinking that he saw something on TV about tubas and it was just the "idea of the day." But as Thanksgiving got closer, and then came and went, he was still insistent that what he wanted most for Christmas was a tuba.So I started looking for "toy" tubas. Lots of toy horns out there. He already has some of them, and when show them on the computer, he would say, "That's not a tuba, that's a French horn." (Kid knows his wind instruments). So then I started looking for some kind of small-scale kid or "beginner" tubas, and was shocked that we couldn't find anything cheaper than a few thousand dollars. Tubas are serious business, apparently.As Christmas loomed closer, we started getting desperate, because he was doubling down on the tuba demands. He literally talked about nothing else than how excited he was to be getting a tuba for Christmas. I'll admit... I was starting to sweat.I started scouring the internet, and eventually stumbled on some "mommy blog" post from a few years ago, where a woman had literally recounted, practically word for word, our exact same story. Her four-year-old wanted a tuba. She couldn't find a tuba. Why are there no toy tubas? And the comments were amazing... for several years, that blog post continued to receive comments from people like her (and me), almost entirely parents of 4-year-olds (what is it about being 4 causes one to suddenly desire a tuba?), lamenting the same problem. Some people recommended finding toy horns, or trying to buy a used one. Finally, after scrolling through probably hundreds of comments written over the course of three or four years since the blog was first posted, someone recommended looking for something called a "JHorn."So I opened Amazon's website and searched. And lo and behold, here was an actual instrument that at least resembled a tuba, but was small enough that I could expect my four-year-old to handle it. And it was under $200.Our son was so excited, and I have to say even though my wife and I could barely get it to make any noise, somehow he managed to get some tuba-like sounds out of it on the second attempt.Like a lot of things that young kids ask for for Christmas, it was the focus of intense interest for a few minutes, and then he moved on to another toy. But even today, he still takes it out of the case and toots it for a few minutes every couple of days. I consider it money well-spent.

Yes, this is small and easy for a little kid to hold. Yes, it can hit the low notes with the largest of the three mouthpieces. But the sound quality is poor and does not replicate the sound of brass instrument in the same way as other full sized plastic horns. (I have not played a plastic horn, but have seen plenty of reviews and heard them played in concert settings.) If you need a small trumpet for a small child, I would recommend a pocket trumpet.

Very compact and light instrument but some sounds are almost half tone wrong. Unfortunately, I had to return it.

Estetica, funzionalità e compattezza (più accessori) sono molto accettabili.Ci sono due fattori negativi determinati :-1) foro d'entrata solo per bocchino a penna stretta. (i 3 bocchini di serie sono di gomma e non vibra o molto).-2) il range sonoro di estensione /intonazione è difficile da inquadrare. Pure se stiamo con le pompe in SI bemolle, il suono è nettamente calante di almeno mezzo tono. Esce un "La" a vuoto, anche con più bocchini professionali.In conclusione è molto bello e comodo da avere, ma è STONATICCIO e bisogna trovare un bocchino x trombone adatto al si bemolle almeno.Utile solo per chi ha €140 in più e voglia di sperimentare, quindi un abile suonatore che sa gestire e. NON per iniziare ad imparare.Se migliorerà con lo studio/ modifiche, farò una nuova recensione.

ユーフォみたいに誰でもそこそこ簡単にそれっぽい音が出て面白い楽器だと思いました。（まぁ、おもちゃなんですけど、おもちゃと言い切ってしまうにはもったいない楽器です）ピストンかと思いきやロータリー楽器という。初期状態で動きはスムーズ（強いて言えば２番の戻りがちょっとだけ気にはなりました）ですが、カチャカチャととってもうるさいですね～＾＾；前に買ったp-Trumpetはどう組み合わせても３番ピストンが曲で使えるレベルではなく使い物にならずゴミでしたが、これはそんなゴミとは違ってちゃんと使えます。マウスピースはアルトホルンと互換性があるそうですが、個人的には細萓のトロンボーンとかユーフォと互換性があって欲しかったです。（アルトホルンとかマニアックすぎますｗ）で、MPのカップが３種類入っていると書いてありましたが、１番（一番浅いもの）が入っていなくて、２番が２つ、３番が１つ（トロンボーンより少し小さい程度？）入ってましたよ。。こういうところはダメですね。。。＾＾；☆１つ減です。トロンボーン吹き的には３番２個のミスとかならよかったのに。。。＾＾；購入時はBb管になっているのですが、音程悪いと思ったら２番のチューニング管だけBb/C共通でBb管にするには抜かないといけないという。。。３番も少し抜いておいた方が良さそう。初心者が購入するにはちょっと説明が不足してる気がするので、金管楽器吹き、それ以外の楽器経験者がお試しのおもちゃとして購入するのが良さそうです。自宅（自爆？）多重録音の伴奏用にも良いかもしれませんｗ本格的に楽器を始めたい人はこの楽器からスタートすると、簡単に音が出過ぎて口が楽をしてしまって金属の楽器に移ったときに音色や音量で苦労するかもしれません。あと、上のDは開放ではかなり低いのでオクターブ下と同じ運指（ただし吹奏感も音も嫌い）か、口で気合で上げないと厳しいですね～。上はハイFくらいまではそれほど吹きにくくない感じですが、ダブルハイBb辺りまで行くと（普段使いませんがｗ）金属の楽器に比べるとかなり吹きづらいですかね（MP金属に替えれば改善されるかも？）。低音（中音以下？チューニングのBb辺りより下）はまぁ、ちょっと鳴らしにくいですが、一応通常最低音のペダルのEまで音は出ますね。ローEsも口で無理やり出せる感じ。プラの楽器ってほかもそうですが、この楽器も金属の楽器のようにツボがあんまりなくて、良くも悪くも自分の口で結構音程作れます。サクッとなにか録音しようかと思いましたが、マイク持ってないので、トロンボーン用のサイレントブラスつけると音程がなくなるので使用困難、トランペット用は小さすぎて使用不可でした。プラ製のユーフォの購入を考えていましたが、そんな高いものをかわなくてもこれで十分楽しめるかな。金属の楽器ではなかなか自宅では音出せないですが、これはプラ製なので小さな音も出しやすく（田舎なら）自宅でも音出せそうです。あとちょっと気になったのは、軽くてコンパクト過ぎて持ちにくいですねｗ左手はユーフォを持つ感じではなく、マウスパイプでも握ってる方が安定する気がします。右手の親指を引っかけるパーツも欲しいですね～。これで15000以下で手に入ると思うとコスパ最高ですね＾＾追記：一応トランペットのMPも入りそうですね～。（音もトランペットのような音に。）逆に（金属のラッパ持ってないので）p-trumpetにこのMPを付けるとバストランペットよりの音に？？？サイレントブラス、無理やりトロンボーン用を使って録音すると、かなり詰まってこもってモゴモゴ言ってて使い物になりません。トランペット用に少しスポンジテープ巻いて無理やり使うとトランペットよりの音に。。まだマシ？。どちらにしてもサイレントブラスはお勧めできません。

Erwartung wurde nicht erfüllt. Was für eine schlechte Intonation, welch ein schlechter Klang. Nicht annähernd der Klang aus dem Produktvideo. Verarbeitung jedoch sehr gut und die Verpackung hinterlässt einen guten Eindruck. Schade, hätte (viel) mehr erwartet.

Gar nicht mal so schlecht verarbeitet. Stabiler Koffer mit dabei. Die Intonation ist halt sehr mager aber immerhin stimmen die Töne relativ gut. Passt in c umgebaut gut zu Gitarre oder Akkordeon.