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  • this question can be interpreted in many ways, so as a musician, i'll give my thoughts

    for beginner players: piano is easier to learn the basics compared to trumpet, and beginners often struggle to even produce their first note on trumpet, after that, trumpet players need to work on making the notes sound consistent, and this is different for different pitches, piano is better here because you see results more quickly and you are less likely to quit out of frustration

    for advanced players: piano has more to offer at the top level of play, ofc you could just play faster, playing tunes like donna lee at 340 or whatever, but the improvements you can make on trumpet are less drastic because the fundamentals don't really change, while on piano there are many different styles to explore, I've talked to dozens of pianists who have spent thousands of hours playing and only know a couple that can play stride well

    for utility: piano is more useful, you can play the entire harmony with just a piano, usually trumpet only plays melody (which piano can do while also playing chords) or plays one part of the harmony and several more trumpet players are required

    for listening: it depends on the tune and the listener, both are great for different reasons, trumpet is generally better for soloing in a blues by virtue of being able to bend notes imo, but piano can hit chords or two notes at once in solos (listen to Monk's playing for complex harmonies while soloing for an example), in this category I'd say it's a tie

    Overall: piano is more enjoyable to play regardless of skill level in my opinion and it's more useful, so while trumpet can still be great in many tunes, piano is overall the better instrument

    Something my Dad always mentions is pianists don’t have to carry their instrument around either.

    Though that’s also a constraint in itself since you can’t play piano where there’s isn’t one

  • Trumpet = Ska, case closed.

  • I’m biased because I play trumpet

  • imagine the piano roll was a trumpet roll

  • Pianos are so much more versatile

  • I already play trumpet, never learned piano

  • As a musician, neither are "better." They have different uses.