YCR-6330S

Comments about Yamaha ycr-6330s:

I bought this horn to complement my trumpet with a more mellow-sounding tone. I mainly play classical pieces and just play for the sake of playing. I'm not a professional, but I've been playing trumpet for about 17 years. I wanted it for a nice-to-have, fun-to-play instrument that takes less effort to produce a good sound than a trumpet. I have played other cornets, but didn't test-play this one first. I've played Yamaha before and figured that it's hard to go wrong. I wasn't let down.

I expected a professional-level cornet from Yamaha with this purchase, and that's exactly what I got. I opted for this over the 8335 because I wasn't interested in the trigger mechanism. I wanted simplicity at a fair price, and I liked the small differences in styling of this one more.

This horn is just what I expected it to be: a solid instrument with a deep, mellow sound production when used with a deep mouthpiece (I use a CR14E). Dynamic response is great. Everything is very tight on it (tight meaning tolerances are very small), so there's no slop. It arrived clean in a very-handy, well-made case.

It's an outright joy to play! It's very responsive. It sings very well. The valves are clean and handle very well. The slides behave like they're supposed to. It plays very easily, smooth, like soft butter. It looks really cool too!

I have no complaints really. The only complaints I have are more to do with my personal playing and bad habits than this horn.