Alison Balsom, International Soloist Discovers pTrumpet | Plastic Trumpet Demo 

That is true

Whats her mouthpiece?

the piece that her mouth touches

RocketLeon45 Really????

RocketLeon45 You worded it like you don't know what a mouth piece is.

It easily does blow.

bASSoon lol where’s our plastic bassoon?!

@@bluebassboy22 Plastic bassoons have been around for a long time. Lots of student models are made from Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS): www.jpmusicalinstruments.com/prod/john-packer-jp291-bassoon

As she IS a professional one would hope so. It would be interesting to hear Alison play the p-Trumpet in a concert.

dude..thats hilarious!

William Jackson Yeah, not gonna happen - she'd never play one of these in a serious performance setting - because it sounds like shit and she knows it. Then again since I'm guessing this is a paid promo, she might do it if they paid her enough.

Daft idea on my part, it's definitely not a concert instrument. Good for learners?

You should learn on an instrument it's possible to get a good sound out of.

Jaycob Holdensen. Bit of a silly remark. Smacks of sourness and jealousy. And 99 idiots agreed ! So WHAT if she was! The tuning of lower quality brass trumpets can be a bit unsatisfactory, requiring effort from the player to correct it. She realises at first touch how this one doesn't suffer it. If you knew what you were talking about and you clearly don't, you'd realise how much that is a significant plus feature to a potential buyer! If she IS in a publicity promotion, it's because she is a recognised, world-class player and her word can be taken as an authority on the subject. She would be a bit unrealistic if she didn't feel that such a testimonial didn't deserve some financial compensation, especially for time spent preparing and filming. ....A professional FEE, something which you will never achieve as long as you have hole in your bodily-waste outlet valve! That's how it is in the real professional world...I bet some of the phoneys in the Pop world have done it, just occasionally! Her playing speaks for her skill, virtuosity and the suitability of the instrument for beginner or pro playing. The word is "Paid" not "Payed." The latter means "Having hot tar or pitch run into the gaps of a ships timbers." Somehow, I don't think they did that to her! The word is definitely not definetly. Don't know much do you? Spelling, wrong words, musical instruments, keeping mouth shut as an obvious fool.. They don't come much worse, do they?

MauriatOttolink stfu

Piracy Revolt. Try again when you've learned English or maybe replaced the battery in your mini brain!

I agree with Mauriat here. Stop pointing out the negative things in something because you have absolutely nothing better to do. So what if she was paid? All this shows you is the pTrumpet has the possibility to play like this, you lot just don't play good enough.

i mean it was tho..

paxrail I was thinking the same thing! 'It isnt the instrument, but rather, the one who plays it.'

A clay trumpet isn't that bad, actually. (I have a sister that's a potter, so I got a clay horn as a present once.) Not nearly as brilliant as a brass instrument, of course, more comparable to a wooden instrument like a cornett or a serpent.

Maybe a trumpet made out of infrangible glass could sound much better than a plastic one.

Rikard Peterson cornet, wooden?

@@afloatingpineapple6170 a medieval one, not a brass instrument.

Agreed

Cogenat I was gonna make a post about how much was she being paid for this! 100 million quid?

Or even more likely, they made sure the pTrumpet she was being delivered was extensively looked over and tweaked before she saw it. That said, I've heard the pBone is a shitload better than a Tromba.

John Holifield. What a bloody twit you are!

John Holifield When you get out of a shower, just bend over and look between your legs at a mirror behind you, you'll get a good view of your childish brains.

Thank you! Finally someone understands!

+illdiewithoutpi I think its quite obvious this is a marketing video but I don't think Alison is lying about anything here. She is one of the best trumpet players in the world and has a fine reputation. So an endorsement from her is a pretty strong signal that the product is good. Is she being selectively positive about the product? Of course but I think what she is saying is enough to convince me as a newbie that this is a good first step. Clearly if you can play, this thing can sound pretty fine and I'd imagine the maintenance of it and the initial cost would be very attractive to a lot of people. Would you use this to wow huge audiences? probably not but really by that point. You'd have no problem investing in a very expensive set of instruments for what must be a passion at that point to play that well. So overall I think this is a fine bit of marketing, not deceptive at all. I trust it more now knowing Alison has endorsed it.

Clay Mann. You must feel awfully lonely on this thread of RU-vid, you being one of the very few with a brain that works well amongst a throng of half wits!

illdiewithoutpi it is sponsored and it’s more for parents that don’t want to buy a real trumpet or there kid breaks everything because if you do play brass in general you know your instrument breaks very easily if you just drop it so that is what the plastic trumpets are for

Or you could simply read the statement that they are working with her. There's no attempt to hide that.

Alex Barham i was surprised it sounded that good. I think the pTrumpet sounds significantly better than the pBone

A study was done in 1941 where the outside of a cornet was covered in putty, and no one could tell the difference. This implies the tone comes from the quality of the air column... so the quality of the SHAPE of the trumpet more than what it’s made of. “Vibration of the Walls of a Cornet” in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1941. asa.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1121/1.1916159

finally someone who gets that nothing plastic will just not work

For real that are just trash

For what it is, I'm fairly impressed actually. Sure it won't do for the Philharmonic, but for an easy practice thing, I'll say thumbs up!

so's your grammar apparently

Sarah Alvarado How Is it hard to hold the inutation

Scrub.....

420 trump-et #played

Watch jack do it he is a beast

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@@MauriatOttolink I cant find a translator lol

Did pTrumpet pay you too?'

Kick biker How much are they?

Jacob Pippins tinyurl.com/ptrumpet-link UK £125 (these also price match) tinyurl.com/ptrumpet-link-2 UK £104

Kick biker p

Nicest lamp ever.

That is actually an amazing point, marching.band would be so much less miserable in the cold

+atworkstation you can find out more about pTrumpets at www.ptrumpet.com

+p Trumpet did she keep one?

same I would like one but I do have a plastic trombone

+atworkstation My band teacher has one

wtf

P or Pb? :)

pp flat :(

Taterman 02 “What do you mean ‘P’?” “Piss-poor tuning and tone”

+Rin Kagamine i ALWAYS fear she'll mess up at the beginning-miss notes etc. Then she keeps playing and I realize that's NEVER going to happen. I admit it's 100% sexism. Every time I hear and watch her RU-vid videos I am astounded.

+Rin Kagamine Beginner here too ;)

+CL Cheong same

Awesome trumpet? have you seen a real trumpet in your life?

Coaster Universe I own one, it's a very good novelty item and actually isnt too bad if you are actually good on a normal trumpet, though takes getting used to

Ya I can't wait to take it for a test drive..... *i n t h e s u n*

I truly believe that most brass trumpets for the same price, and especially second hand instruments that were a little more expensive originally, sound much better. The intonation does depend on the brand though.

It says made by musicians, for musicians, implying that it is made for people who are experienced in music, otherwise known as a musician.

+Andy Hughes How long has it been since you've had your hearing checked?

ha ha ha, that's a good question! mainly i just listen to myself play, and i'm terrible! so this is better than i am!

Sacc So WHAT if she was! Bit of a silly remark. Smacks of sourness and jealousy. If she IS in a publicity promotion, it's because she is a recognised, world-class player and her word can be taken as an authority on the subject. She would be a bit unrealistic if she didn't feel that such a testimonial didn't deserve some financial compensation, especially for time spent preparing and filming. That's how it is in the real professional world...I bet some of the phoneys in the Pop world have done it, just occasionally! Her playing speaks for her skill, virtuosity and the suitability of the instrument for beginner or pro playing. Surely, even with your tiny mind, you don't think she would risk her world class reputation by promoting a useless instrument? God! You bloody people. You need to improve to reach stupid! It's about trying to conceal that you are lower class idiot with zero achievement when all you really do is expose it.

MauriatOttolink Jesus Christ dude did you make the trumpet

Ronnie Loredo Lol

No, he sits in the front office and counts the money. 6 year olds in China made the trumpet.

MauriatOttolink are you really commenting on how stupid people are when you can't even be bothered to type out a new comment and instead copied and pasted your other one? Also, yeesh, you don't have to be so harsh. "You need to improve to reach stupid!" really? Ah, but let me guess, I have a minor spelling or grammar mistake, so I must be beyond an imbecile and have no valid points. Also, not to mention that this is almost exactly the kind of thing an idiot with no achievements would say to cover it up. So really, you just seem to be exposing it.

Vielen bbnñ

her or the trompet =D just kiddin hahaa

Absolutely. Cute lady. Posh accent, too.

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Also, 700th subscriber

I know EXACTLY what you mean! :-)

Major Rick Corbin Just think. If Alison played her cards right she could be kissing you to practice her embouchure, triple tonguing and maybe even some circular breathing,

+Best_Euphonium NA_EU_WORLD I know TIGER made a plastic tuba.

+Best_Euphonium NA_EU_WORLD tiger also made a plastic euph

I want a plastic pipe organ installed in my house.

+Best_Euphonium NA_EU_WORLD I'd like to see a plastic F Horn! lol

I'd be really impressed also, and I'd buy it if it was a reasonable ptice

The plastic trombone actually existed before this.

Oh, I didnt even know there was a plastic trombone... I play sax so I wouldnt know/

There is actually a plastic saxophone, it's called a Vibrato, fairly expensive however lol

Devon Zane They were making plastic alto saxes back in the mid '50s.Charlie Parker was playing on one at the time of his death.They were made in England.

The problem starts with the sound quality. plastic has a higher absorb factor than metal, and thus lacks mid to bright response, carries lower volumes. i own the vibrato sax, and the pbone, and for both this is true. the lower volume on an already low volume instrument makes it more difficult to use in bandplay. however, they are great as traveling instruments, home practice, rehearsals, classroom, or to play in the salty ocean (in case you ever thought of doing something as uncomfortable as that). they're also great for kids. they take a large chunk of the sales, but will never replace a real brass instrument in band play anything bigger than an accoustic gig, or very low volume gig (like coffee shop)

+Unique and Hilarious Username First the plastic trombone...then the plastic trumpet...next the plastic natural horn, then the plastic single horn, then the plastic double horn, then the plastic descant, then the plastic cornet (hey it had to be here), then the plastic triple horn

+Unique and Hilarious Username I came down to the commetns to say the same!!!!

+JonatasMonte they need a plastic mellophone. you know how easy it would be to march that?!

+Unique and Hilarious Username Two years ago I had a chance to ask the same thing to a friend of the guy who design and produce these P products, and he told me he wasn't going to do this because the cost of making a Pfrench horn isn't going to be much different from making a normal french horn.

+SVAFnemesis yes but it would be so impressive

I play trumpet and it’s legit 👌

That's strange. I see plenty of women playing the trumpet. We must be looking in different places.

+Steven Ottomanyi I can't tell if you're being serious or joking, but I hope the latter.

No, I thought papier-mâché might have superior tonal qualities due to all the microscopic holes in the wood-fibers that make up the paper used in the papier-mâché. You know, it's those open microscopic tone holes that make for the outstanding resonance and tone of violins by Stradivarius, Guarneri, et al.

I see your point now, but I personally think it would just sound like a plastic one with a whole bunch of leaks. Then again, I'm not an expert in trumpet making or really anything trumpet.

I used to be a gan of papier maché trumpets, but stopped using them because each time it rained I had to buy a new one.

Lmao.

God that's so funny. I can't stop laughing. When I was in high school in the late 50's there was a white plastic saxophone. Now the things are worth a fortune if anyone even has one. Back in those years a top of the line Selmer Sax was about $400.00. Nowadays you can get a Chinese one for about the same price. Kenny G sells one. He's claims it is as good as the one he plays, but he doesn't play a Chinese sax. Some people think certain Chinese saxes are good, not necessarily the Kenny G brand.

Elliot Mangini Well ok, no need to be arrogant about it!

Sorry about that French Horn thing :) Eb Soprano Clarinet player here. 45+ years.

I'm almost certain she was paid for the "review" but they can't force her to give a positive review because that would be a massively skewed result. She was likely paid "for the time taken for the review" and hinted to be quite generous.

She does NOT think "the tuning i amazing".. Or she would be playing in tune ;)

54321blader

Basic recording practice. Trumpets are way louder than the human voice, so the recording is turned down for the trumpets (or up for the voice), meaning the imbalance in background noise. Acoustically it sounds like the same room.

Yes, it's called Audio Compression.

No, it's not audio compression, it's a lowered noise floor due to the relatively louder trumpet compared to the voice as Luke said

Probably automatic level control on the recorder, so the loud trumpet kicks in and the recording level automatically drops so as not to overload the imputs. Well, it's a handy way to ensure a reasonable recording without having to do sound level tests and so on. But I guess you were thinking it is another, more expensive trumpet being edited in, but no, just standard recording equipment stuff I think. (...actually it IS audio compression. It's dynamic compression, so the dynamic range is compressed. (quiet sounds made louder and loud sounds made quieter.)

You're all wrong...it's actually your brain tricking you...when your brain hears the notes from the trumpet, it activates an area of the brain called shatners bassoon...which has many perplexing eventualities...seemingly lowering background noise and so on

That's from the Bach Cello Suites, Suite 2 Sarabande.

+Ethan Erickson (JoeyDaDog) Excess quantity of Bb make tpt orange? It's complex-cated ;-)

david hall Very much so

If your PeeTrumpet is red, see a doctor quick.

jburtonca- LMFAO

XD

+Alicia Leon www.ptrumpet.com

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Hi Gino, if you are having problems with your pTrumpet please contact info@ptrumpet.com

Gino Latino Quit chewing bubble gum before or during playing. And olive oil makes terrible valve oil.WOW. Goddess Alison plays that thing like a ten cent horn.

Gino Latino Because you have too slow fingers

+Adam Pepliński Bravo, bravo,bravo !! Bella, bella, bella !!! ALEXANDER BOOT Author, critic, polemicist Blogs > Alexander's blog > Submitted by Alexander on 24 June 2013 - 12:59pm The other day I listened to something or other on RU-vid, and a link to Chopin’s Fourth Ballade performed by the Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili came up. The link was accompanied by a close-up publicity photo of the musician: sloe bedroom eyes, sensual semi-open lips suggesting a delight that’s still illegal in Alabama, naked shoulders hinting at the similarly nude rest of her body regrettably out of shot… Let me see where my wife is… Good, she isn’t looking over my shoulder, so I can admit to you that the picture got me excited in ways one doesn’t normally associate with Chopin’s Fourth Ballade or for that matter any other classical composition this side of Wagner or perhaps Ravel’s Bolero. Searching for a more traditional musical rapture I clicked on the actual clip and alas found it anticlimactic, as it were. Khatia’s playing, though competent, is as undeniably so-what as her voluptuous figure undeniably isn’t. (Yes, I know the photograph I mentioned doesn’t show much of her figure apart from the luscious shoulders but, the prurient side of my nature piqued, I did a bit of a web crawl.) Just for the hell of it I looked at the publicity shots of other currently active female musicians, such as Yuja Wang, Joanna MacGregor, Nicola Bendetti, Alison Balsom (nicknamed ‘crumpet with a trumpet’, her promos more often suggest ‘a strumpet with a trumpet’ instead), Anne-Sophie Mutter and a few others. They didn’t disappoint the Peeping Tom lurking under my aging surface. Just about all the photographs showed the ladies in various stages of undress, in bed, lying in suggestive poses on top of the piano, playing in frocks (if any) open to the coccyx in the back and/or to the navel up front. This is one thing these musicians have in common. The other is that none of them is all that good at her day job and some, such as Wang, are truly awful. Yet this doesn’t really matter either to them or to the public or, most important, to those who form the public tastes by writing about music and musicians. Thus, for example, a tabloid pundit expressing his heartfelt regret that Nicola Benedetti “won’t be posing for the lads’ mags anytime soon. Pity, because she looks fit as a fiddle…” Geddit? She’s a violinist, which is to say fiddler - well, you do get it. “But Nicola doesn’t always take the bonniest photo,” continues the writer, “she’s beaky in pics sometimes, which is weird because in the flesh she’s an absolute knock-out. “The classical musician is wearing skinny jeans which show off her long legs. She’s also busty with a washboard flat tummy, tottering around 5ft 10in in her Dune platform wedges.” How well does she play the violin though? No one cares. Not even critics writing for our broadsheets, who don’t mind talking about musicians in terms normally reserved for pole dancers. Thus for instance runs a review of a piano recital at Queen Elizabeth Hall, one of London’s top concert venues: “She is the most photogenic of players: young, pretty, bare-footed; and, with her long dark hair and exquisite strapless dress of dazzling white, not only seemed to imply that sexuality itself can make you a profound musician, but was a perfect visual complement to the sleek monochrome of a concert grand... [but] there’s more to her than meets the eye.” The male reader is clearly expected to get a stiffie trying to imagine what that might be. To help his imagination along, the piece is accompanied by a photo of the young lady in question reclining on her instrument in a pre-coital position with an unmistakable ‘come and get it’ expression on her face. The ‘monochrome’ piano is actually bright-red, a colour usually found not in concert halls but in dens of iniquity. Nowhere does the review mention the fact obvious to anyone with any taste for musical performance: the girl is so bad that she should indeed be playing in a brothel, rather than on the concert platform. Can you, in the wildest flight of fancy, imagine a reviewer talking in such terms about sublime women artists of the past, such as Myra Hess, Maria Yudina, Maria Grinberg, Clara Haskil, Marcelle Meyer, Marguerite Long, Kathleen Ferrier? Can you see any of them allowing themselves to be photographed in the style of “lads’ mags”? I can’t, which raises the inevitable question: what exactly has changed in the last say 70 years? The short answer is, just about everything. Concert organisers and impresarios, who used to be in the business because they loved music first and wanted to make a living second, now care about nothing but money. Critics, who used to have discernment and taste, now have nothing but greed and lust for popularity. The public… well, don’t get me started on that. The circle is vicious: because tasteless ignoramuses use every available medium to build up musical nonentities, nonentities is all we get. And because the musical nonentities have no artistic qualities to write about, the writing nonentities have to concentrate on the more jutting attractions, using a vocabulary typically found in “lads’ mags”. The adage “sex sells” used to be applied first to B-movies, then to B-novels, and now to real music. From “sex sells” it’s but a short distance to “only sex sells”. This distance has already been travelled - and we are all being sold short.

Georges Cancan wow. DON'T BE SUCH A SISSY!

+CareyPortnoyBeauford Bach cello suite II Sarabande

+Nelson Walker thanks Nelson!

+Nelson Walker Thank you! I am also a trumpet player and really wonder which piece of music is that!

The second mouthpiece in the video sounded much better. It projected better, and gave the trumpet a brighter tone, which helped it. I have conducted all my life, 35 years. Most recently, China Philharmonic in Beijing, and Evergreen, in Taiwan, great orchestras. Has she ever tried any "Blackburn" trumpets? Now based in Lexington, Ky, USA. Fantastic, with a hew 5 valve C trumpet displayed by Hixson, who all trumpet players may know. philiprice.chattanooga@gmail.com It's on YT, take a look.....

@Brother Bob ever hurt yourself patting yourself on the back from atop your high horse? Can you equip the entire first year class with pawn shop horns? These are selling brand new on Amazon under $90. Why would you throw up roadblocks to a kid learning to play?

@@RshayneB Plastic tends to fail in direct sunlight, and is generally very sensitive. I don't think it would be a good idea to invest in plastic instruments when your school is on a low budget. That would backfire real quick

Lou i have a beat up marching baritone and im in A1 but i still play good on it so

for higher register, you need to understand what happens for a higher note to sound. 1) you need to be relaxed in the arms, chest, throat, tension there is NOT going to help you in any way shape or form. 2) you've got to approach the upper register quietly so you can get the muscle coordination (would you practice throwing a basketball into a hoop from 10 meters when you can't do it at 3?) each note requires the lips, tongue, and jaw to be in a certain position. You need to find that position. 3) rest as much as you play! i did too much recently and I've had to take unholy amounts of time off, you do need to be consistent with practice. 4) be patient and you WILL improve, the sound will be bad at the start but it'll get better. Head over to mysterytomastery1 channel for any more info, Greg Spence helped me out a lot!

praise with many trumpets Thank You much ! and I appreciate this greatly!

+1990s were amazing! I got all this stuff off Greg Spence who's got it off loads of great trumpet guys, his channel is well worth a view! happy to direct you though :)

+1990s were amazing! also, rhythm and sight reading, if you listen to music whilst looking at the sheet music for it, that could help, but practice will always be the best way forward :)

+praise with many trumpets thank you ! I appreciate it!

About $150 USD on Amazon

+Kinetic Tachyon Mine too, haha

What trumpet is it? Strad?

Too expensive, because plastic is crap tone.

+zoooooott hi, please e-mail info@ptrumpet.com with details of the problem with your pTrumpet and we can see if we can help.

I know trumpets pretty well and I know a few things about rapid prototyping and product development having done it for about 25 years at Nottingham Spirk Design. I was fascinated at the idea of a plastic trumpet so I got one. In a mater of minuets the valves started to not only stick but actually resisted depression. Instead of sending it back I took it upon myself to find a fix and sacrifice my warranty and save the world from unplayable horns. The more I got into it the more I found things like sloppy globs of r t v cement from gluing the metal to the plastic on the valves. The valve case assembly actually flexes a bit. When I had stuck valves I twisted the assembly and they popped up. You might want to look into changing that. I have lost interest for now at least because it looks like that part of your product needs to be redesigned from the beginning and I am only willing to do so much for free. Let me suggest you look into rotary valves. I like the sound of the horn and would love to have one that works but looks like I must wait till I can try one before I buy one. Zoot

+zoooooott are you sure you have a pTrumpet? pTrumpets do not have any metal glued to plastic in the valve system, unlike our competitors!

+p Trumpet You just rekt him!

zoooooott ,

+recalcitrist1 "Piece of crap" is what the 'p' stands for.

Alex Korova. Diplomacy is not your strong point, is it? Your knowledge of the brass family of musical instruments is clearly in the same category. I'm strangely drawn to the the expression "What a Dick Head!"

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i would highly recommend to start on brass in the long run it will be better for you ans a musician(tone,intonation,range,ect...). please do not make the mistake of getting any instrument plastic. No matter what they say she got paid to say this. this is ok for a 4 year old but i dont see one pro playing this ever.

with most music stores you can rent a trumpet or buy a cheap one for 200- 400$ at a beginner level. and when you rent one from a music store usually after paying the full value of the trumpet after 2-ish years its yours/ try to start off with a Yamaha or Bach with a 7c BACH! mouthpiece then after a year see if your ready to move to a 5c to 3c for better tone and sound. any other questions just ask.

Dont get a bach or yahama if your starting out or your relatively new. they are SUPER expensive.

Kindru GamingxVideos if you rent a trumpet they come with it. and i use a metal 3c in marching band and so do all my piers and we sound great. DO NOT use a plastic mouthpiece mainly because they create a crap sound all around. but if you absolutely want to use it go ahead, but remember your probably going to get ragged on in high school for it and above if its a serious band. also dont forget most schools even provide trumpets if you are not financially able at the time.

My friend who is 1st chair trumpet has to use a plastic mouthpiece for marching. Ill link a video of the band.

+Dancing Spiderman Face it you want to have her baby.

+pongespob HaaaaaHahaha that's funny

The original meaning of "cooties" is "body lice." From WW II.

Spider-Man: She might even “whakkit” for you.

It does!

she was holding a trumpet ?

Zackary Warren Im just trying to imagine how that would factor into her review of the trumpet haha.

Its ok to get a plastic mouthpiece. They are basically needed in marching band.

+Kindru GamingxVideos why are they needed, granted I do have one because I forgot my mouthpeice with a big test to next day, but I haven't needed one for marching season. I'm not saying your wrong or anything I just want to know, I may be able to learn something new to use this season.

Im not completely sure but im pretty sure he said its supposed to help you do lip slurs.

+Kindru GamingxVideos why would you want extra help or somthing easier because it just makes it harder in the long run start out on a metal mouthpiece and do lip slurs on those. plastic mouthpieces are very bad I don't know how they scam people into buying them. go to a college with a respective arts department and they will tell you NOT to use that if in their class.

The only time I'd ever use a plastic mouthpiece is at a Christmas parade. For obvious reasons. My lips being so cold on a metal would sound worse than the plastic mouthpiece, as would most people's