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The exception that proves the rule is Walter Barrett, who uses a Doug Elliott 114 rim with his Yamaha 641 (modified with a trigger). I don't know the...

It was a vogue in brass band circles a while back but generally the bigger the mouthpiece the worse the sound in my opinion. The 4AL 26mm mouthpiece...

Well, I'll be!!! I certainly don't admit to knowing everything there is to know about euphonium playing, but I have heard over the years most of...

I appreciate the hilarity of that!

There's a cool podcast that these two guys in Berlin do, it's called the "Best Ever Brass Instrument Makers Podcast." I think I have the details of...

Thank you! I do have a lot to learn! Enjoying it immensely!

After a few days of playing the horn, I’m noticing that the concert Bb (on top of the bass clef) seems flat relative to both Bb’s an octave either...

Thanks for this! I was on the verge of googling for the answer, but skeptical that I'd get useful information.

There are important differences between the floating leadpipe on the standard Prestige, new gold lacquer Prestige, current Sovereign, Adams, and...

Yeah, it seems like a QC issue for sure. Same thing happened with the Miraphone I had with this issue. To Thomann's credit, they came back to...

They couldn't be bothered to look at the valves before shipping the horn to you? On a horn they've had since December? Why does this seem prevalent...

Agreed. I think if you played two examples of the same model side by side, you'd notice a difference. Obviously Besson has decided that for...

Before I switched to Adams euphoniums I played a Sterling Virtuoso. The Sterling had a floating leadpipe. The Adams has a soldered leadpipe....

Very nice! Sounds like you are blowing a bit too hard though. I find these fun little horns do not need as much air as the bigger ones like...

Hello everyone, I have been following this post with great interest, I have tested quite a number of Besson Prestige 2052-2 Euphonium's and I find...

I’ll say the finish on this horn is quite good. I kind of like the Geneva material combinations. (And I liked the silver/black York...

It is an interesting thing. I would think that the design of a horn would take into consideration where all the bracing is, and accommodate that in...

I find the obsession with floating leadpipe a bit odd to be honest. Of my thirteen euphoniums I’ve owned, four have had the floating leadpipe, and...

I am so fascinated by this talk of floating leadpipe. What would happen if we try to detach our leadpipes on other makes and make them floating...

I think Micah has a floating lead pipe on his silver plated Prestige, I think he had to do something directly with Besson to make that happen. He...

Yeah, I actually find the gold lacquer a bit obnoxious, but it’s the only way to get the floating lead pipe, as far as I know.

Thanks for the review! Many have been waiting to hear about how this new model plays. Obviously Steven Mead loves his and I have two friends who took...

I didn't think that. My wording was just careful so I didn't sound like I was accusing Besson of messing with the USA market.

They came with dampers only - I misspoke when I added that they included extra felts.

This makes a lot of sense to me. I didn’t mean to imply anything sinister. Certainly, this horn, having been shipped to me from Germany, is the...

That's really nice that they are sending extra dampers and felts with the instrument now. I love the way Besson instruments play but I sold mine and...

I personally believe that to be true and came to that conclusion while I was a Besson artist. It's not a dark plot or anything, but is a matter of...