I recently purchased an instrument which I had not previously heard of (that's rare after all these years playing brass things!)

The flugabone is essentially a valve-trombone, but wrapped around like a trumpet. You can hear it and see my video review of the instrument HERE

Choosing an instrument can be a bit of a minefield, as you will begin to understand if you have already read my articles about buying new, and second hand instruments. I have deliberately not touched on the subject of plastic instruments in those posts because they deserve a feature all by themselves.

The popularity of plastic instruments has exploded in recent years with the introduction of the pBone (trombone) and later pTrumpet, as well as copies of varying quality by other brands, varieties including plastic cornets and flugelhorns, and the instrument of very dubious worth, the Pbuzz!

Shop for plastic trumpets here.