i am 14 in the 9th grade and iv been playing for 4 years on the same trumpet. my family is really poor and can not buy me a brand new one. so iv been saving up, and looking at different kinds of trumpets. iv narrowed it down to 2 kinds of trumpet: king

About 3 months ago I recieved a King Silver Flair 2055t. The trumpet is great, but the valves have been giving me nothing but trouble. Usually, when I first start to play the valves are smooth and fast. However, the more I play the slower they...

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make sure your getting all the spit out.
then also make sure you got good valve oil,

if that doesn't work, ask your band dir. to look at it....the shops will try to make there money off of you for even small things

I have a King Silver Flair Trumpet with a nice engraving of a flower on it. I want to trace over the engraving in black to give it some extra contrast.

What would be a good way to trace over this engraving? It's really fine - a toothpick

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Your best bet is a liquid material which can be applied to the trumpet, and then removed from the surface of the metal and left behind in the channels - similar to the intaglio printing process. In fact you could probably use Intaglio ink to serve your