jin bao any good?

[brassbow]

Just how good for the money are jin bao horns, or is it better to by a used brand name for the price on Ebay?

[brassbow]

thanks

[Bob Kolada]

Some of them play well; unfortunately some play terribly.

[bradp]

Be prepared to do a thorough cleaning if it hasn't been done yet.

[Wyvern]

You will have to try and decide yourself if good, but what I can say is none that I have sold in the last year have come back, except for one for personal preference - and he has ordered another model. Only three have had to be repaired after sale under guarantee, and those were all for unsoldered joint - nothing unusual and an easy repair.

Some JinBao tubas such as the 410 rotary CC, 700 compensated Eb, 200/210 rotary BBb, 800 piston BBb and compensated euphonium are really excellent players, while others such as the small 400 CC and 600 F are best avoided (or at least don't buy without trying first!). A good dealer should be able to truthfully advise. In fact I know Mack Brass and myself will not stock models that we do not believe good players.

Incidentally just to clarify, the Bubbie travel tuba is not made by JinBao. There are a lot of brass factories, other than Jinbao in China

[eupher61]

I will vouch for the 3+1 comp euph. The nickel finish is not my preference, but it plays and sounds great.

[Bob Kolada]

I also really like the used (Schiller branded) 3+1 comp euph* I bought for my girlfriend. It doesn't have the best low range but it's super easy to play, sounds nice, and has good intonation. I also had a used Schiller rotary bass trumpet that played just fine and briefly had one of the F tubas. I've played the Schillbrunner (very easy playing), contrabone (awesome low range!), and small rotary** euph (lean sound, fun, flat 5th) and they all played well too. I didn't get solid face time on the 1291 copy. I would like to play the bass trombone, especially if it had a dual bore slide.


Put this** on this*, please. I don't want to get a big front valve euph built up if I can just buy one instead. There's enough little bends and turns in the comper that the rotary set should be an easy add on without worrying about overall length. I prefer pistons but this is a lot more likely.