Pro Series Trumpet
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 Selmer Paris 80J Chorus Series Bb Trumpet 80J Brushed Matte  US $1,999.99
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 NEW BLACK SILVER GOLD BLUE MINI POCKET TRUMPET$39 GIFT US $99.95
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 BEST VALVES AMAZING SHAPE GETZEN 300 HQ USA Bb TRUMPET PRO TEC CASE BUY IT NOW US $475.00
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 Blue Lacquer Trumpet with Monel valves US $189.95
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 Gold Lacquer Pocket Trumpet with Monel valves US $199.95
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 Blue Lacquer Pocket Trumpet with Monel valves US $199.95
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 NEW BLACK SILVER GOLD BLUE MINI POCKET Bb TRUMPETTUNER US $99.95
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 Vento 800 Series Model 802 Trumpet US $275.00
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 Vento 500 Series Model 5310 Bb Silver Student Trumpet US $170.00
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 Vento 500 Series Model 5310 Bb Student Trumpet US $150.00
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 Vento 800 Series Model 803 Trumpet US $375.00
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 Nickel Plated Trumpet with Monel valves US $189.95
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 Purple Lacquer Trumpet with Monel valves US $189.95
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 Nickel Plated Pocket Trumpet with Monel valves US $199.95
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 Allora AATR 125 Series Classic Bb Trumpet AATR125 Silver US $599.99
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 Silver Plated Trumpet with Monel valves US $214.95
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 NEW VINCENT BACH TR200 Bb INTERMEDIATE TRUMPET US $1,379.00
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 NEW Schilke B1 Gold Plated Trumpet US $4,795.00
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 Yamaha YTR 2335 Series Student Bb Trumpet Silver with Case Mouthpiece US $799.99
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 Schiller Old City Morocco Trumpet US $1,485.00
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 Jupiter XO 1604 Large Bore Trumpet US $1,965.00
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 Jupiter 1624S Professional C Trumpet US $2,411.00
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 Jupiter 1700S Piccolo Trumpet with Rose Brass Bell US $2,517.00
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 CarolBrass CTR 1000H YSS Trumpet Carol Brass Enhanced Student Model LOOK Demo US $410.00
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 Stomvi 5510 Elite Series Eb D Trumpet Silver US $3,149.00
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 Stomvi 5581 Master Series Eb D Trumpet Silver US $3,959.00
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 Stomvi 5583 Master Titanium Series Eb D Trumpet Silver US $4,219.00
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 Prelude by Conn Selmer PT711 Series Bb Pocket Trumpet PT711S Silver US $339.00
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 Cecilio PT 280N Nickel Plated Bb Pocket Trumpet Tuner US $199.99
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 Cecilio PT 280BL Blue Lacquer Bb Pocket Trumpet Tuner US $199.99
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 Selmer Paris 80J Chorus Series Bb Trumpet 80J Silver Plate US $1,999.99
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 Kanstul 103 Series Marching Bb Trumpet 103 2 Silver 889406666108 US $952.00
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 P Mauriat PMT 655 Series Bb Trumpet Clear Lacquered US $1,679.00
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 Bach TR200 Series Bb Trumpet TR200S Silver US $1,479.00
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 Allora Student Series Bb Trumpet Model AATR 101 AATR101 Lacquer US $299.99
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 Allora Student Series Bb Trumpet Model AATR 101 AATR101S Silver US $349.99
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 Bach 180S37 Stradivarius Series Bb Trumpet Silver Yellow Brass Bell US $2,509.00
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 Giardinelli GTR 812 Masters Series Pro Trumpet Silver US $1,079.99
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 Blessing BTR 1460 Series Bb Trumpet BTR 1460 Lacquer US $899.00
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 Gold Lacquer Trumpet with Monel valves US $189.95
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 Legacy CT750Y Yamaha Style Cornet w Deluxe Case and Mouthpiece NEW SEE VIDEO US $399.99
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 Blessing BTR 1580 Pro Bb Trumpet BTR 1580V Vintage Raw US $1,849.00
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 Blessing BTR 1580 Pro Bb Trumpet BTR 1580S Silver US $1,949.00
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 P Mauriat PMT 700 Series Bb Trumpet Matte Lacquered US $1,899.00
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 NEW NICKEL PLATED BRASS MINI POCKET Bb TRUMPETTUNER US $99.95
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 Black Lacquer Trumpet with Monel valves US $189.95
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 Blessing BTR 1460 Series Bb Trumpet BTR 1460S Silver US $999.00
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 Bach Chicago Series Stradivarius C Trumpet Silver US $2,749.00
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 Blessing BTR ML1 Artist Series Bb Trumpet Silver Gold Trim US $1,389.00
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 Stomvi 5343 Elite 430 ML Heavyweight Series Bb Trumpet Silver US $2,599.00
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 Stomvi 8959 USA Salsa Lightweight Series Bb Trumpet Silver US $1,789.00
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 Fides FTR 8000ML Symphony Heavy Series Bb Trumpet Lacquer US $2,517.00
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 Fides FTR 8000ML Symphony Heavy Series Bb Trumpet Antique US $2,687.00
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 Blessing BTR 1580 Pro Bb Trumpet BTR 1580G Silver w Gold Trim 886830221194 US $1,889.10
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 Kanstul 103 Series Marching Bb Trumpet 103 2 Silver 889406830752 US $952.00
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 Jupiter 1602S XO Pro Series Bb Trumpet 1602RS R 886830006791 US $1,700.00
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 Kanstul 103 Series Marching Bb Trumpet 103 2 Silver 889406775015 US $1,071.00
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 Giardinelli GTR 812 Masters Series Pro Trumpet Silver 886830223648 US $971.99
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 NEW OLD STOCK 1997 BLESSING ML 1S ARTIST SERIES SILVER PLATED PRO Bb TRUMPET US $900.00
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 Barcelona CS 1000 Concert Series Trumpet Bundle Nickel US $129.99
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 Bach 180S37 Stradivarius Series Bb Trumpet Silver Plated US $2,509.00
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 Barcelona T 100 Beginner Series Trumpet Nickel US $149.95
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 NEW BLUE LACQUER BRASS MINI POCKET Bb TRUMPETTUNER US $99.95
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 CarolBrass CTR 3330L GLT Trumpet Carol Brass Prof Custom Trumpet Demo MAKE OFFER US $1,495.00
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 Barcelona CS 1000 Concert Trumpet Hard Shell Case White Gloves Gold Lacquer US $119.99
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 Yamaha New York Artist Series 9335 Custom Bb Trumpet in Silver Plate amazing US $2,350.00
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 NEW CECILIO TT 380CN Nickel Plated Monel Valves Trumpet US $329.99
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 Barcelona CS 1000 Concert Series Trumpet Hard Shell Case White Gloves Nickel US $119.99
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 BACH STRADIVARIUS PRO Flugelhorn 183 Flugel TRUMPET CORNET SUPER NICE W CASE d29 US $1,799.95
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 NEW CONCERT BAND MONEL VALVES Bb TRUMPETFREE $39 TUNER US $104.95
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 Cecilio PT 280BK Black Lacquer Bb Pocket Trumpet Tuner US $199.99
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 Cecilio PT 280 Gold Lacquered Bb Pocket Trumpet Tuner US $199.99
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 Cecilio Rose Brass Monel Valves Intermediate Bb TRUMPET US $399.99
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 CECILIO Lacquer Rose Brass Pro Trumpet w Monel Valves US $299.99
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 NEW CECILIO 3Series PRO SILVER ROSE BRASS Bb Trumpet US $329.99
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 Barcelona CS 1000 Concert Trumpet Bundle US $139.99
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 NEW NICKEL PLATED CONCERT BAND MONEL VALVES Bb TRUMPET US $104.95
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 NEW GOLD LACQUER CONCERT BAND MONEL VALVES Bb TRUMPET US $104.95
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 NEW BLACK LACQUERED BRASS MINI POCKET Bb TRUMPETTUNER US $99.95
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 Barcelona CS 1000 Concert Series Trumpet Bundle Gold Lacquer US $129.99
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 Cecilio 2Series Bb Trumpet StandTuner 6 Colors US $189.99
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 NEW GOLD LACQUER BRASS MINI POCKET Bb TRUMPETTUNER US $99.95
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 NEW BLACK LACQUER CONCERT BAND MONEL VALVES Bb TRUMPET US $104.95
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 Bach 180S37 Stradivarius Series Bb Trumpet NEW IN BOX US $2,799.99
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 Jupiter XO 1602 Medium Large Bore Trumpet US $1,979.00
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 Jupiter XO 1600IS Professional Trumpet in Lacquer US $1,958.00
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 Jupiter 604L Intermediate C Trumpet in Silver Plate US $872.00
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 Stomvi 5235 Elite L Series C Trumpet Silver US $2,209.00
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 Blessing BTR ML1 Artist Series Bb Trumpet Lacquer US $1,219.00
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 Stomvi 5000 Forte Series Bb Trumpet Silver US $1,590.00
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The Day I Got Left Behind
The year was 1988. I was 11 years old and my younger brother Paul was 7 years old. Our family was visiting my aunt who lived in what we called at the time the "boondocks" of Missouri. I'm not sure if the word is still around today, but back then it meant "in the middle of nowhere" and, with the nearest neighbor being a mile away, that is exactly what it felt like the day my brother and I were walking and talking in a nearby field. As my brother and I were talking and minding our business, something out of the ordinary happened that we still haven't been able to explain to this day. From seemingly out of nowhere, we heard a piercing trumpet blast.
For most young children, this would have been an insignificant incident, but for my brother and I, it meant the end of the world as we knew it. It just so happened that the day we heard the trumpet blast was the exact day the Rapture of the Church was predicted to happen by the author of the book "88 Reasons Why the Rapture will Happen in 88."
For those unfamiliar with the Left Behind series, the Rapture is the event that millions of evangelical Christians who follow the dispensational interpretation of Scripture believe can happen at any time without a moment's notice. In the Rapture, Jesus snatches Christians away from the earth to take them to heaven while leaving the rest of the world to suffer the horrors of the Seven Year tribulation.
As children of the charismatic movement, we knew full well the verse in the Bible that says, "In the twinkling of an eye, the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible," (I Corinthians 15: 52). The day we heard the trumpet blast, my brother and I fully expected that after we blinked our eyes, the next moment we would be in heaven. After blinking hard a few times, we both looked at each other with the same horrified expression on our faces. "Oh no! We've been left behind!" we thought. Immediately we ran inside my aunt's house and discovered that our parents and our cousins and aunts and uncles were still standing. For the rest of the day we were thinking to ourselves that not only had we been left behind, but our entire family had been left behind as well. As I went to bed that night, I remember racking my brain trying to figure out what my entire family could have done so wrong to suffer such an awful fate.
Neither my brother nor I were fully convinced that the rapture had not taken place until the next day when the family decided to visit a nearby church. To our relief, we were happy to see a church filled with Bible Believing Christians worshipping the Lord together. We figured that all these Christians could not have been left behind, especially not the pastor. As our family worshipped the Lord together that day, I was inwardly thanking God that I wasn't going to have to take the mark of the beast or swim in a river of blood any time soon. The relief quickly turned to disappointment when I realized that I still had to go to school the next day.
As innocent as this story is, I've told it for a reason. An evangelical Christian may read this story and reminisce about the wonders of child-like faith, but a secular American reading this story is likely to have a different reaction. For millions of secular Americans, the Left Behind theology promoted by TBN, the 700 Club, and bestselling prophesy pundits is not only delusional, but also dangerous. The thinking goes something like this. If millions of Americans believe this doctrine, and these same Americans are the most powerful voting block in the country, why would people who believe the world is heading for an apocalyptic meltdown care about global warming or protecting the rainforest? To further complicate matters in the minds of secular Americans, the leading advocates of the Rapture theory are also the most vocal advocates for neo-conservative politics, which, in their minds, is the belief that America should back Israel unconditionally, wage pre-emptive wars to establish pro-Western democracies, and give little to no regard to what the U.N. has to say about it.
At least, that's how the "left" sees things. No longer are we evangelicals the persecuted minority. We are the ones holding the cards with our Apostle -in -chief holding the highest office in the country. As unfounded as many of the theocracy accusations from the far-left are, American evangelicals, especially those raised on Left Behind theology, are facing some tough questions right now, and will face many more in the future. American evangelicals are still the most vocal supporters of the Iraq war, a war that is a quagmire in the eyes of many, and it seems that hardly a day goes by without a TV preacher calling for war with Iran. To make matters worse, these same T.V. preachers also raise millions of dollars to finance Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, giving little to no consideration to the fact that the people they are displacing might actually be human beings with families to feed. Never mind the fact that both sides of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict have committed atrocities against each other beyond anything we in our fast food, mall shopping, church hopping American culture can conceive of. Never mind the fact that Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers" and yet, when Israel was blasting the Lebanese to smithereens last year, preachers were calling it a "miracle of God" despite the fact that the war actually strengthened Hezbollah's presence in the region. To top it off, according to the Left Behind theology, if someone comes along with a solution to stop Jews and Palestinians from slaughtering each other, according to the same interpretation of Scripture, that person has to be the devil (the antichrist to be exact)!
All of the sudden, a cute little story about a boy thinking he has missed the rapture isn't so cute anymore. If millions of others hold to the same beliefs, it could lead to a self-fulfilling pre-mature apocalypse....at least that's how the other side sees it. The question I am asking is this: If a system of Biblical interpretation has potentially dangerous consequences for humanity, should it be abandoned or reformed? How about when high profile evangelicals make statements to the media that we wish would have never been said. Do we get angry at the minister for making us look like bufoons, or do we start questioning the theological underpinnings that produced the statement? There are many in my generation choosing the latter. As a non-official representative of evangelicals approaching 30, I would like to ask those older and more mature in the faith to pray for us younger evangelicals. Pray that God will guide us as we look to the Scriptures and formulate new wineskins for the 21st century. Trust me. We're going to need all the prayer we can get.
About the Author
Aaron D. Taylor is a seasoned missionary evangelist and the founder of Great Commission Society. To contact Aaron or to invite him to speak at your church or event, go to http://www.greatcommissionsociety.com To read Aaron's blog, go to http://www.aarondtaylor.blogspot.com . Aaron is currently working on his new book "Reformation: A Biblical Response to Holy War."