easiest trumpet to learn

[Weatherby5]

who makes a great beginners trumpet. Looking to add one to my arsenal of calls.

[Rapscallion Vermilion]

Assuming you don't want to be really spendy for your first trumpet, here are a couple of thoughts. Mike Battey made an Alpha trumpet out of acrylic that was designed to be easy to play. They are. I think they sold for about $100.  Unfortunately they aren't being made anymore so it could be hard to locate one.  You can get a Ralph Permar New Model .45 in Delrin for $160.  That is a very easy trumpet to run and sounds great.  Keep in mind though that everyone is different and what might be an easier trumpet for one person might be harder for another.  So buy a bunch.    There are a lot of good trumpet makers on here.

[mgm1955]

Agree. Lots of good makers here. A trumpet is really an individual thing. As stated what may play well for one person may be unplayable for another. No simple answer. You're just going to have to try a few from some of the better makers and find one that works for you. When you do there is probably no deadlier call you can carry. Good luck!!

[M Sharpe]

Matt McLain builds a fine trumpet that plays mighty easy!

[Gawhitaker]

Lots of good trumpet makers, Crawdad makes some fine playing trumpets that won't break the bank.

[blackfalcon]

As a trumpet maker,  and a hunter who uses one on every hunt, I can tell you it takes time and devotion to the call to learn how to play it well. It's kind of like asking who makes the easiest playing beginners guitar, if you don't know how to play you are going to have to put some practice time in to learn the instrument. Buy the best you can afford if you want the best tool for the job is what my Dad always told me.

[Jacobson]

As a trumpet maker,  and a hunter who uses one on every hunt, I can tell you it takes time and devotion to the call to learn how to play it well. It's kind of like asking who makes the easiest playing beginners guitar, if you don't know how to play you are going to have to put some practice time in to learn the instrument. Buy the best you can afford if you want the best tool for the job is what my Dad always told me.

I couldn't agree more, as you only get out of something in proportion to what you put in.

[ol bob]

After $100.   you are just buying bling bling or a name I have been building trumpet for twenty years I can make you a $70 trumpet or a $ 2000. trumpet inside they are the same the difference is mat. and what I do to the outside both will play the same.

[howl]

Cocktail straw, Pilot G2 with the innards knocked out, or pretty much anything else with a 1/8" or less bore that you can get a smooth draw through. A good trumpet will sound a hundred times more like a turkey, but you can get most of the mechanics down with something you find lying around. And, yes, I have actually had turkeys respond to yelps from a straw.

You might say there is a turkey in the straw. 

[West Augusta]

PM Savduck and get a MacDaddy trumpet.  They are reasonably priced and very easy to run.

[savduck]

West Augusta, thank ya for the plug. Easy playing trumpets vary from user to user. However from talking to others and running many different trumpets I would say the call makers with more open internals seem to play the easiest. There are many great trumpet makers that have open internals. Id recommend. I would recommend contacting the call maker and speaking with them about pricing, material, and availabilty as all vary slightly


In no particular order. Some of the easier to run trumpets.
1. Kenny Pedelahore
2. Matt McClain
3. Billy Buice
4. Brian Mero
5. irving Whitt jordan
6. Mark Sharpe jordan
7. John  Dangerfield
8. MacDaddy ( Me and Billy)
9. Permar
10. Austin Bott

[Shaz]

All the suggestions listed will work and are great choices.  We all have our preferences. The first yelper I got and learned on was from Steve Turpin. I branched out a bit from there and found others I liked better. Brian Mero's calls roll over extremely easy  Buice makes a great one. My favorite is my Mclain. Find you one you like and go stir a gobbler up.

[M Sharpe]

All choices that have been mentioned are good ones. There are several other factors when asking about trumpets. There are things you may or not like about a particular call. What one likes about a certain call, others may not like. You may or may not like an angled mouthpiece. Some may have a bigger opening on the bell end. What may be easy for some may not be that easy for someone that has never played one. Trumpets take hours of practice, not just a couple weeks before the season comes in and if one is not willing to put that time in then it won't matter who's you choose.

[West Augusta]

All that has been mentioned are good ones. There are several other factors when asking about trumpets. There are things you may or not like a particular call. What one likes about a certain call, others may not like. You may or may not like an angles mouthpiece. Some may have a bigger opening on the bell end. What may be easy for some may not be that easy for someone that has never played one. Trumpets take hours of practice, not just a couple weeks before the season comes in and if one is not willing to put that time in then it won't matter who's you choose.

Well said Mark.  It took me about 3 years and some help from some very good teachers to get me to where I could hunt with a trumpet.  Today, YouTube videos make the learning curve much easier.