PINSTRUMENTS pBuzz Plastic Brasswind Instrument (Trombone-style) -Red, (PBUZZ1R)

Just what he wanted! Good build nice sound fun instrument

This is a great instrument for beginners. Bought it for my son 7 for has shown an interest in music. He loves it. Hasn't much tonal movement, but it works very well for beginners.

My child had been using this in school and asked for one. The instructions are very unclear, though. The rest of us could not figure out how to use it. You need to "do the noise" as if you were spitting, loudly, with your lips tight and making the sound. I guess it's used to transition from making sound with your lips to understanding how the instrument changes and amplifies this sound. Don't expect to blow air and make any sound. My 6yo loves it, to us it sounds like a timid vuvuzela. He clearly got the hang of it, I still struggle. We didn't have any issues with it regarding dismantling itself, as others have mentioned. It looks sturdy and the parts haven't separated.

I’m a brass player and teacher and find these things a really useful starter.They’re cheap enough that’s a class set is affordable.There are no instructions with them, so you’ll need either a teacher or to find some help online.They are in C and play the range of a 5th from F to C with all the semitones in between. (Some info incorrectly says they’re in B flat).It is possible to play them with you own small bore trombone mouthpiece.

OK for young kids but has limitations, as you can really only play just eight notes on this instrument. Maybe a learning tool before the real thing.

My 4 year old is obsessed with this. He's already producing a good note through it and will hopefully be able to move on to a proper brass instrument in the future. I've not tried the online lessons as yet as I play brass instruments myself.

So pleased with the P Buzz as an introduction to brass instruments for my daughter. My husband conducts a brass band so our 3yo is often around brass players and shows an interest in playing. We bought this just have around the house to see if she showed an interest. She was able to make a sound after only trying a couple of times. We’ve tried it out and for the price are really impressed with it as a stepping stone to understanding how to blow a brass instrument and learn about and make different sounds.

Frankly, this is pretty useless.The tone is terrible, intonation is poor.The slide allows modulation over about a major sixth, from concert f up to d on the fundamental harmonic - but the harmonics are 1 octave apart, so one can't play a continuous scale.The included mouthpiece isn't much good. I tried a trombone mouthpiece but had more success with a trumpet mouthpiece, as that gives better access to the higher harmonics where the different ranges overlap. You'll need to wrap tape or something else around the shank of a trumpet mouthpiece to get it to fit.I wouldn't recommend this for children / beginners, as intonation is very poor. I've got it out only once, for comedy value in a christmas concert.The idea of this instrument has merit, but the implementation needs improvement. Perhaps a change in the tube geometry would help.(To calibrate my review: I've played trumpet, trombone, euphonium, sousaphone in big band & orchestral settings)