Certain applications seem just about impossible for plastic to replace traditional materials. Until today, I figured that "trumpet" belonged on that list. Then I ran across a story from The Telegraph ...

The hi-tech, low cost trumpet, made entirely from plastic, has been developed to encourage more children to take up the 'traditional' instrument The pTrumpet comes in a variety of bright colours to ...

This school in Tipton has been trying out the UK's first trumpet made completely from plastic. Trumpets are normally made out of brass and the company who made the plastic trumpet spent a really long ...