Trumpet players usually own one good horn and play it everywhere. The gifts they remember add something new: a darker voice, a higher register, a horn they can take on holiday, or a microphone so the band stops drowning them out. Every pick comes from our rankings, with tonight's Thomann price.
Gifts for trumpet players under $200
the t.bone CC 75, $44
A condenser clip-on microphone for wind instruments with a 4 m cable, the cheapest way to put a trumpet through a PA. #5 of 9 microphones for trumpet, horn ETC.
pBone music pTrumpet, $151
A Bb trumpet made entirely of plastic, valves included: light, colorful and fine to take to the beach or camping. #8 of 165 bb trumpets.
Gifts for trumpet players under $500
Shure Beta 98 H/C, $334
A cardioid condenser clip-on mic rated for 163 dB, for trumpet, sax and percussion on stage. One of the highest-ranked brass mics we track: #2 of 9 microphones for trumpet, horn ETC.
Thomann FH 600 Bb-Flugelhorn, $323
A Bb flugelhorn with a 6-inch bell and Monel valves, for the soft, dark sound of jazz ballads. Played with the same fingerings as a trumpet. #4 of 31 perinet flugelhorns.
Thomann CR-950 L Superior Cornet, $445
A Bb cornet, the trumpet's mellower, more compact cousin, used in brass bands. #5 of 30 bb cornets.
A bigger gift
Thomann TR-901S Piccolo Trumpet, $514
A four-valve Bb/A piccolo trumpet, silver-plated, with both leadpipes in a case: the horn for Bach and high baroque parts. #7 of 15 piccolo trumpets.
Questions
What is a good gift for a trumpet player?
A flugelhorn like the Thomann FH 600 ($323): new sound, same fingerings.
What do you get a trumpet player who has everything?
A piccolo trumpet, or a plastic pTrumpet for travel.
How we picked. Every product comes from an AudioFu ranking, scored on demand, price, specs and brand; specs from Thomann's product data. Prices are converted from euros at the European Central Bank rate and updated every night, as are the ranks.
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Denis Kataev runs AudioFu. Every night the site records the prices of more than 38,000 instruments and studio tools at Thomann, and he writes about what those numbers show: what got cheaper, what just arrived, and which discounts are real.
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