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Re: Be carefull of Vitos

Author: Matt74
Date: 2018-08-14 05:05

It breaks my heart to hear you say that Vitos on the “horns to avoid” list. Nothing could be further from the truth.

I would straight up recommend Vitos without any hesitation. They are, without question, some of the best student horns you can buy.

They are the preferred recommendation of Lucas Pemberton, the The Woodwind Instructor at the Red Wing Band Instrument Repair program. They have excellent keywork and play great. They have good intonation and a great tone. They are good horns.

Vitos are very robust. I don’t know if they are more or less prone to breaking at the middle tenon than any other brand, but it’s not a problem with the design. IDK if it is a broblem with basses, but I imagine all basses have that problem. Kids are born instrument wreckers. If they fall on it, or sit on it, drop it, or twist it, it will break.

Alcohol makes ABS plasic brittle. Some of these “easy breaks” may be due to alchohol damaged plastic - especially on tenons which may have been improperly cleaned.

I’m sure you can find a lot of busted Vitos out there, and find a lot of stories of kids breaking them, but the same is true of any other make.

- Matthew Simington

Post Edited (2018-08-14 05:34)

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