Comes with extra cups for the mouthpiece and valves to switch the keys from Bb to C which I found really cool! The bag comes backpack straps and a handle as a self defense shield in case you get in a gun fight. 5/5 for maximum versatility

Fun for the price. Valves are noisy. Good for marching in a parade but not for taping.

Last year before Christmas, my four-year-old son began telling us he wanted a tuba for Christmas. We laughed and dismissed it, thinking that he saw something on TV about tubas and it was just the "idea of the day." But as Thanksgiving got closer, and then came and went, he was still insistent that what he wanted most for Christmas was a tuba.

So I started looking for "toy" tubas. Lots of toy horns out there. He already has some of them, and when show them on the computer, he would say, "That's not a tuba, that's a French horn." (Kid knows his wind instruments). So then I started looking for some kind of small-scale kid or "beginner" tubas, and was shocked that we couldn't find anything cheaper than a few thousand dollars. Tubas are serious business, apparently.

As Christmas loomed closer, we started getting desperate, because he was doubling down on the tuba demands. He literally talked about nothing else than how excited he was to be getting a tuba for Christmas. I'll admit... I was starting to sweat.

I started scouring the internet, and eventually stumbled on some "mommy blog" post from a few years ago, where a woman had literally recounted, practically word for word, our exact same story. Her four-year-old wanted a tuba. She couldn't find a tuba. Why are there no toy tubas? And the comments were amazing... for several years, that blog post continued to receive comments from people like her (and me), almost entirely parents of 4-year-olds (what is it about being 4 causes one to suddenly desire a tuba?), lamenting the same problem. Some people recommended finding toy horns, or trying to buy a used one. Finally, after scrolling through probably hundreds of comments written over the course of three or four years since the blog was first posted, someone recommended looking for something called a "JHorn."

So I opened Amazon's website and searched. And lo and behold, here was an actual instrument that at least resembled a tuba, but was small enough that I could expect my four-year-old to handle it. And it was under $200.

Our son was so excited, and I have to say even though my wife and I could barely get it to make any noise, somehow he managed to get some tuba-like sounds out of it on the second attempt.

Like a lot of things that young kids ask for for Christmas, it was the focus of intense interest for a few minutes, and then he moved on to another toy. But even today, he still takes it out of the case and toots it for a few minutes every couple of days. I consider it money well-spent.

Bought it for my 5 year old to play with as the family has a lot of musicians in it. It works well and he loves it. I like that it doesn't have parts like valves that come off so he hasn't lost any pieces to it.

After having my jHorn for a little while now and practicing with it a whole bunch I can say that its a really fun little instrument. I come from a low brass background (trombone/baritone/euphonium) and the "large" included mouth piece feels pretty good. High notes sing out and sound mostly great and low notes aren't bad as long as you aren't going through a lot of tubing. there are a few things that aren't perfect when playing. TL;DR conclusion is this is a great toy for the price. I would recommend to anyone with a brass background just wanting a new fun toy to mess around with and leave out so its always easy to pick up and play. I would NOT recommend this as a student instrument or for kids wanting to learn to play brass instruments. Its harder to play than a real instrument and might discourage them. the pbone is a better student horn.

I'm going to get a little detailed here so if you aren't a music person you probably don't care. Like I said previously the more tubing you ask the air to go through the more difficult it gets to get a good tone, I'm not entirely sure why, I don't know the math behind how instruments work, I just play them. It might be just something up with the 3rd valve's piping. Also, the open D above the staff sounds off pitch, very off. the open F above the staff also feels off pitch a bit. I have found that using 1/2 alternate fingering for both these notes gets them right in tune with the rest of the instrument but is a bit inconvenient.

I tried all the different mouth pieces and like the large one best because of my background. the middle one is a bit like half way between a trumpet and trombone with the smallest feeling like a trumpet. I was able to fit a small bore trombone mouth piece into the lead pipe but just barely so it probably lowered my tuning a bit. I could play fine with it but I felt like the included mouth piece was more suited to the instrument. the rubbery texture was comfortable to play on for long periods of time.

Overall I would recommend this product