Review of a Fake Bach Flugelhorn

All the souls of Chinese slave laborers who mined the Chinesium metal to make that horn haunt it and cause the valves to get gunked up. You need to send it to a Tibetan monastery that doubles as a brass repair shop to have it exorcised.

What surprises me is how fluent you speak for the video. I once made a video and I could barely stay on topic and keep talking, but you looked like a natural. Awesome video!

Frelude, by Fach, made of a frownium based alloy, tuned to the key of Major disappointment.

Lol nothing like some good chinesium metal

Trent could you do some more videos like your bass trombone in a brass band videos?

The chinesium, the dreaded chinesium xD

Three years later, this video came in handy as I’ve just found this very same instrument being advertised on Ali express and I wanted to find a review before I considered purchasing. Thank you for your video, it helped me to instead save toward a more quality flugelhorn.

Got myself this one a few months ago and played it today. It isn't the worst but it is more like a student flugelhorn than a professional kind of flugelhorn.

Nice to know that I am not the only one that feels the temptation of buying cheap. I, however, try very hard to avoid having to do repairs out of the box. My flughel is kind of cheap (made in the east i suspect), but the only issue so far is the noticable black residue that remains in the piston oil after each use. It is not as cheap as yours though.

Do you use petroleum based oil, or synthetic?

Nice video you're. My favorite YouTuber. Ever. 👍🏻

The panning at the start of the video never fails to make me feel nausea. The power of music.

I know you've made a lot of videos on bad (or worse) traditional valveless bugles, but I'd like to see a review on a decent one - I'm trying to find one and have no idea where to start

my ytr 6335g   is also made in China its says on the Box made in China not Taiwan Indonesia but China so its a chinese trumpet

I don't know about the Ali Express horns but clearly not all cheap flugels are created equal. My experience with inexpensive - under $300 - Chinese flugels off Ebay has been fine. Valves on mine work great - quick and smooth, no seize up issue like you're describing. Sound is fine - you need the 3rd valve trigger on low D and C# but that's what it's there for. With the right mp you can get a nice fluffy, dark flugel sound. Would have no problem whatsoever playing a gig with the ones I've tried.

I've bought a Jean Paul beginner trumpet and the valves stick a little (it only takes some minor actuation strength to get them unstuck) if left alone for a few days as well. Do you think I should get it returned?

Well i got a real prelude flugelhorn and i basiclly had the exact same problems

Many beginner/amateur euphos have valve problems. I'd imagine tubas do too but I'm not sure.

The valves seizing up is probably caused by the bizarro metal they are made from, and its reaction to the Chinesium metal of the valve casings. Back in high school (decades ago), I had a Schilke "student line" trumpet, which was mass-assembled from surplus Yamaha parts. No matter how well cleaned it was, if it sat idle for a day or more, the valves would stick. Of course, my band directors would always say "Clean your horn!" Only recently, did I run across an article about these cheap "Schilke-ish" horns, and the Fourth World materials from which they were made.

I suspect the valve sticking problem is due to poor plating quality of the pistons and sleeves. I'm sure the metal burrs didn't help the plating either.