Stagg Piccolo Trumpet 77-TP SL

This is an amazing piccolo trumpet at a very affordable price. It is well made in silver plate with good monel halves. It comes with 2 leadpipes for B flat and A in a case.

I have played the instrument since February and am thrilled with it. I play a lot of baroque and even play the 2nd Brandenburg concerto with the B flat pipe.

The trumpet is easy to tune. The sound is terrific equivalent to a Yamaha or Schilke. It is shorter than a Schilke P5-4, which must aid pitch.

I bought the trumpet brand new from a German seller on eBay. After paying, I was going to try and get a full refund; this was before I received the piccolo trumpet. The seller sent me an email with an attachment of the graph showing the instruments paralleled superiority compared to a a Selmer trumpet. It was also remarked that, although the instrument was made in China, this was under German factory supervision so quality was assured.

Significantly, the bore on this instrument is the same compared to a larger trumpet, being ML. This is freer blowing. What is great is the way in which the B flat and A pipes are trumpet shank and not cornet.

I purchased the silver plated version of the Stagg 77-TP piccolo trumpet(SL). I bought the instrument brand new from a seller in Germany through eBay for about £320. After paying and before it arrived, I had second thoughts. I was sent a detailed email with graphs illustrating how well the instrument performed compared to a new Selmer piccolo trumpet. The email described how the Stagg representative was very proud of their piccolo trumpet.

The instrument looks great and feels excellent to hold. It actually tunes quite easily and has B flat and A pipes that are trumpet shank. Many piccolo trumpets such as the Schilke P5-4 come standardly with cornet shank pipes.

I play a full repetoire of Handel, Albinoni, Valentini etc. on the instrument. It produces a very pure tone. On the trumpet, it says that the instrument is designed in Europe and hand-crafted in China. This conforms with what the representative told me, stating that the production in China is under German supervision.

This piccolo trumpet is of the same quality of a professional grade piccolo trumpet 8 times more expensive such as the Schilke P5-4 and the Yamaha YTR 9830. The valves are monet and work superbly. Unfortunately, there is little evidence out there on just how good this trumpet is, hence why I have done this review.

The trumpet does not have any water keys. I have found it quite easy to drain water by tipping the instrument and blowing opening the first valve tube connection. I do believe that not having water keys keeps the instrument at a better pressure and was designed for this reason. All in all, it really means very easy maintenance without the need of servicing of water keys.