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I do most of my recording in a large room with good acoustics, which is a luxury, I admit. It gives what I think is a natural euphonium sound (lots...

I'm sure they keep this guy gamefully employed. :)

My collection of Brass Instruments: retiredbrass.com So far 43 listed and then some...

Matonizz is without any doubt a phenomenal player, but I still do suspect his video's have had some sound engineering done to them. I get this...

Ok, asked him. His primary is still a Sterling Virtuoso. However, he does all his promotional recordings on the JP274 (likely due to his...

I do believe I own a "Althorn in B", made by Anton Hüller from Graslitz in the early 20th century. It is not really playable, but judging by what...

I have the “regular strength” Mead springs in all my currently horns (JP274, Virtuoso, and Q41S). I was hooked on them back in 2012-ish when I...

I ordered a set of the lights for my JP274 - I think they are marginally better than the stock springs for valves 1,2, and 3 - and worse for the 4th...

Got the meadsprings yesterday. The noise from the valves was a bit annoying with my Besson. But now they are practically silent. So they do what they...

It probably depends on where you're located, but I know that certainly for me, it is dramatically cheaper to get medium shank mouthpieces than get...

Changing to large shank with that horn is actually not that big of a deal. All that needs to be done is replace the receiver. A good technician can...

Alas, it seems I spoke too soon about who has the largest collection. Silly me....

That website immediately transformed me back to the 90s! ;)

Charley Brighton is not only a collector but also a most wonderful musician and gentleman!! One sampling from YouTube~...

Don't forget Charley: www.euphoniumcollective.co.uk/neweuph.htm

Not fueling any competition, but sharing a link to another avid collector especially civil war era instruments - Eric Totman. ...

Aha! But does he have custom mouthpieces with reverse engineered shanks to get the best possible performance out of them? :cool: Yeah, I don't...

Our friends Barry Bocaner has not listed his collection here. I am pretty certain he would win the "He who has the most Toys" award. In addition to...

He was in the midst of migrating the site, and had some issues. It should all be better now. (info. from trombonechat.com).

I never saw a "Althorn in B" in real live, just in some book some time ago. And not remembering the book too much it may have been some of those...

notaverygoodname, That is an amazing collection you have. I believe you are the hands down winner on "most" instruments! You could start a small...

Ok. If you guys are going to post random instruments, I guess THERE'S MORE! Behold the power of the collector hobbyist! Some kinda B&F Stencil...

The valves being rotary are very fast, takes a bit to get used to. It is pretty light. The bell being so close to your ear makes sure you can...

Those are so cool. That WOULD be a fun toy to bust out for Tuba Christmas. (Maybe not quite as fun as a double bell. :) ) How would you...

Do you happen to know what these horns were ever used for, if anything? They seem to come up for sale very often, but I've never seen one being used...

Plan to list this mouthpiece on eBay in early April…