Mendini by CecilioTrombone Kit - Bb Tenor Brass Instruments for Kids, Beginners w/Case & Gloves

The Mendini MTB-33 Intermediate B Flat Tenor Slide Trombone with F Trigger was a pleasant surprised when it arrived. While not as "beefy" feeling as a Bach Stradivarius class, it is still a solid, good sounding trombone, well balanced, with good tone. The tuning slides are easy and smooth to adjust. All in all, a good trombome to play and enjoy whether you are a beginner or an intermediate player or someone like me, who played many years ago and are just getting back into playing.

Update 20-NOV-2021. My rotor started sticking. This procedure is NOT for the faint of heart, and you can damage the rotor if you are not gentle enough. Unscrew the slide section from the bell section. Lay the bell section on your lap with the bell out in the air, not touching anything. Take off the rotor cap. Unscrew the rotor screw on the back of the rotor about ten rotations. Make sure your screwdriver blade fits the screw head! With the screwdriver on the head, *tap* the screwdriver with a hammer to push the rotor bearing out of the rotor housing. Then back out the screw a little more and tap again to get the rotor out of the housing as well. Completely remove the screw and don't lose it! I then polished the rotor itself with a washcloth, dish soap, and baking soda. It my rotor was very very black and green with corrosion. Once it was clean I rinsed it thoroughly. To re assemble, put the rotor back in the horn, set the bearing disk carefully where it came out, and screw the rotor cap back on. Attach the trigger to the back of the rotor, being careful with the orientation, an very gently screw the screw back into place. Brass is SOFT! Be gentle yet firm! If you aren't handy with tools, you can take it to a repair shop and ask them to do this procedure for you. !If you aren't very very careful this will destroy the rotor!!!! Watch a few YouTube of people taking apart rotor valves. Now my rotor is great again!Update: 19 Mar 2020. This is just as good as the Bach 42BO it is copied from. Here is the trick to the slide: it comes with a slide rod. Use slide creme in very, very tiny amounts on the stockings. Wipe it off. Put the slide together and work the slide. Wrap the rod in gauze and work it in and out of the outer slide lots and lots of times. Repeat. And repeat. And repeat. You have to really clean the inside of the outer slide. It now plays like a $2500.00 trombone.Original review of 4 stars: Ive been playing the trombone for 40 years. I played a Bundy in junior high, and talked my parents into getting me a double independent Yamaha bass trombone in highschool. As a music Major in college, these two horns were wonderful. The Bundy finally wore out and in 2001 I bought a Martin Urbie Green, by selling the bass trombone. Now I am missing the low notes, so I bought this Mendini. It's a pretty good copy of a Bach 42BO. It's lighter than the Bach, slide is fine, rotor is a touch noisy, petal Bb sounds fine, low Bb is sharp, middle Bb is flat. Overall, for less than $400 I am extremely pleased. I only play in my local community band now so this is plenty of trombone for me. One brace in the main tuning slide has a little bit of solder that wasn't brushed off. This horn will not suffice for a college music Major, or a serious highschooler who needs to post high on recitals, but if you just play for the fun of it, buy this horn. Large bore, open wrap f-attachment, slide is a little heavy, mouthpiece is large shank, standard shape.

First impressions, through a 5g mouthpiece, the tone is very very smooth, much more favorable over my student trombone. The slide is a bit loud but might improve over time when the grease kicks in, I'll update later on that. It's not easier nor harder to hit notes consistently.It does feel light, and probably has less material overall. Some errors in soldering and finish here and there. But, the rotor and all the tuning slides are working perfectly.With careful handling it feels like the trombone could last a respectable amount of time.2/3/2017 Edit: Whelp, the slide needs realignment now. Still works but now I need to break out some tools. In contrast to a Bach TB200, which I haven't needed to align for 10 years and still doesn't need one.

Amazing quality for the price. So glad I found this here on Amazon. We bought ours from KK Music Store. Came well packaged, and arrived in 8 days. (We did not do a rush) Trombone has great sound and looks to be of very good construction for a student trombone. I realize that this price point is supposed to be lesser made than the true professional trombones (and a bit smaller of course), but it really sounds and looks fantastic. Much better than I expected actually. The brass finish is pristine, and has silver accents. This is really a great horn at a very good price.The case was a great surprise, not hanging strings or cheesy zippers, it has rubber feet on the long side and the larger horn end (so it stands solid & won't topple over on its own). The case is made of very heavy canvas with double zippers, and extra snap enclosure to cover zippers when closed under the carry handle. Actually it has several handles to carry in different ways. the inside is custom fit for the horn with 2 protected door compartments for extra gadgets, and one larger rectangle zipper on the outside for music. The lining I expected to be a very inexpensive lining, but it is really very nice, thicker well made velvet like material. The 2 pcs. of the horn are in thin protective dust covers, and the overall presentation is quite lovely and everything seems of great quality.If you are looking for a young student, do not hesitate, this is the one for you! So pleased I did not buy a used one. Do look here on Amazon and buy the bow protector as well, it fits this unit perfectly & will protect the end that I'm sure the kids will rest on the floor while waiting for there part to play.

My 11 year old joined band this year, and this was a great option for him. The case isn’t flimsy either, it withstands daily bus rides from school home. Would recommend super slick slide cream to go with. He’s doing great on this instrument. Very happy to find an affordable option for him. Purchased July 12, 2023.Update 11/13/2024.Still believe this is a great affordable option for those starting out. It isn’t as strong as other materials, tends to get dinged up with use by my middle school aged child. However it was a great starter option without breaking the bank. Oh and the case-I had to repair a handle this week from use, thread separated from the main case. Still holding up for now though.Definitely recommend purchasing a cleaning kit/slide cream as well.