Carol Brass 4440L-YST For Sale

This one is essentially NEW.

The box was opened, the horn was test played—and yes,it is great!Other than that test play, this trumpet has not been put into regular service.

This is theCarol Brass CTR-4440L-YST Geoff Winstead model, and it is a seriously interesting professional trumpet.

Carol Brass built this horn around a.460\" medium-large borewith a lightweight5\" #37 yellow-brass bell, reversed tuning-slide design, and the unusual use ofphosphor bronze for both the leadpipe and tuning slides. The result is a horn that responds immediately, slots beautifully and feels wonderfully alive in your hands.

The bell is particularly interesting. At only.016\" thick, it is a very lightweight bell, giving the horn quick response and plenty of energy without turning the sound thin or brittle.

And like so many Carol Brass instruments,the valves are terrific.

I\'ve owned and played enough Carol Brass horns to have developed a tremendous respect for what this company does. Their manufacturing is first-rate, and they\'re willing to explore combinations of materials and construction that make their instruments genuinely interesting—not simply copies of somebody else\'s trumpet.

This horn is a perfect example.

It is responsive, free blowing and just plain fun to play. It includes a case, your choice of slides (Rounded or Squared tuning slides).

If you\'ve been curious about Carol Brass but haven\'t taken the plunge, this would be a particularly good opportunity. You\'re getting a professional-level instrument that is, for practical purposes,an open-box/new hornrather than one that\'s spent years on gigs.

I bought it, opened the box, played it enough to know that Carol Brass got this one right—and put it back.

I\'m reducing a large collection, and there simply isn\'t any reason for a trumpet this good to sit in its box.

It needs a player.