John Packer

I play in a brass band in East Sussex alongside experienced players with higher end cornets who listen to, and look upon, this beautiful instrument with envy. I bought the lacquered version last year and it really does sound amazing. It gives a lovely, rich, mellow sound, and is relatively free blowing providing easy reach of upper register notes. The valves spring reassuringly quickly, and overall this is simply a brilliant instrument.

Great quality, delivered very fast

No more painful, squashed neck. The Jazzlab is wonderful.

Good quality and arrived on time

Does the job consistently. Not sure why they are wrapped as well as in the case.

The mouthpiece patch has made playing my bass clarinet more comfortable.

Item wasn't in stock - but I was informed straight away and with an estaimated ETA (it was early!). Note the item was considerably cheaper than Amazon.

The oboe reed was a gift, that was appreciated. Great value for money, nicely presented and quick delivery.

Fantastic condition and really pleased. Fast delivery and great service will be using John Packer from now on for my brass needs.

Could not recommend this company and trumpet more highly. Alice was a pleasure to deal with, friendly, helpful and communicative. The trumpet itself is excellent - a real upgrade on my previous Yamaha. I never really knew what it meant when people said a trumpet slotted better, but it's much easier to find and pitch notes and I can play with more control both in a higher and lower register than before. Absolutely brilliant experience.

Perfect for anybody who finds the current Bach 4G or Wick 4AL just a little to deep and air-hungry. Lovely warm sound, fantastic low register response, and top register fine with work! Rim very comfortable for me - better than any Bach or Wick and comparable to Doug Elliott rims IMO. I haven't tried the standard L4, but can't see why most players would need anything deeper than the BB model. YMMV.

Just the job. Better than the bottle brush type especially on glass mouthpieces.

Great as usual but I'm not sure why each reed is individually wrapped as well as in it's individual plastic case. Will be buying more soon.

Excellent mouthpiece for beginner at a very affordable price. Fast delivery. Would buy again. Thanks very much

This review relates to s JP271SW Bb Cornet which I recently purchased for our band. The response and service from John Packer was excellent. Short delivery time. The instrument itself is very good. In October last year I also bought a JP176 Eb Soprano Cornet. Same response and service, and again for a student instrument the quality is very good. Above all I consider these instruments to be excellent value for money.