This little horn is such an amazing substitute for the triple horn (yes it’s actually a thing) as it can almost breach the flutes boundary when played properly. It does not require a new mouthpiece and it’s got silent valves. I myself am a horn player and I fell in love with this tiny little gem after giving it a single blow.It has got trumpet fingering I highly recommend this instrument to any horn player after the ability of being able to play a top A. It is definitely worth the money as it later saves a professional player from buying a triple horn.

This little horn is solidly built and comes in a well padded semi-rigid gig bag about the size of a large camera case. The mechanical linkage mechanism is sturdy & quiet though I found the springing rather hard. There seems to be little tolerance pitch-wise in the upward direction as I had to have the main tuning slide pushed fully in to get up to pitch with my electronic tuner and likewise the valve slides for 1 & 2 seemed to need to be pushed right in. The mouthpiece receiver seems to be slightly on the large size, so my usual horn mouthpiece was half swallowed up, though that did seem to help the overall pitch of the instrument. In an ideal world I'd probably like to have the receiver replaced with something more standard and the tuning slides shortened a little but this would likely double the price of the instrument. All in all I'm pleased rather than disappointed - it does make a pleasant, though not altogether horn-like sound that is distinctly different from trumpet, cornet or flugel and I'm looking forward to seeing the expressions of the faces of the horn section when I whip it out.