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I actually like really hearing it on F tuba, it adds a clumsiness and a big sound that compliments the music well. As a euphonium player who wants to play it again myself I will never admit to having...

I'd say pre-war german or bohemian. Any chance it's for sale?

I hate the 956 and the york 3056 that was made with the 956 tooling. Ergonomic mess, weird little loop in the 4th valve tuning slide that's a huge pain to mess with, abysmal intonation, and they just...

The problem I always have with the first valve is mineral scale from my saliva. It won't come off with normal cleaning and it tends to make valve oil dry up really quickly. You could have a...

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I'd say it's probably 1870s. Nickel silver is desirable and Hall and Quimby were a good maker. Valve trombones aren't all that desirable and it's almost certainly high pitch. I'd put the value...

I doubt it's patentable as removable valves have been made for brass instruments since the 19th century. Nevertheless, the Stauffer/Hornguys valve is just a copy of what yamaha used to make. I...

I don't know for sure, but it has been a trend in European orchestras to play at A=442 and sometimes higher for the past ten years or so, so it makes sense.

I like the BR140 a lot! A couple of minor intonation issues, but no worse than the besson, which is the benchmark.

I do not like the alliance baritone mouthpieces. Too deep -- baritone mouthpieces...

I find baritone to be quite a bit more difficult to play than euphonium. The idea about the baritone sound is it's a different vowel sound than euphonium. Whereas euphonium is a big OHHH baritone is...

clanky valves might be just felts but it could also be worn valve guides.

I'll definitely do V+flat3 on trombone for B-flat as well for added resistance if I need to be really soft and smooth. Depends on the valve. Works really well on a rotor. Less so on a thayer. 2nd...

There are certain Chinese-made instruments that will play circles around certain German-made instruments that cost 4x the price in every conceivable way.

you'd also need the top valve cap, stem, button, spring, felts, and valve guide. Probably somewhere in the neighborhood of an extra $100 per valve.

My guess, knowing that Willson parts are generally on the high end of the spectrum, is that pistons 1-3 would be somewhere around $500 each. That's just a guess but I would bet I'm not too far off....

the wessex superbone is not a bad idea! you could always have the valves to fall back on, and the bore and bell is not out of the realm of appropriate for 3rd seat in a big band. The original Holton...

Hmm... the good news is it looks like a 2900, which is perhaps the most popular euphonium around, at least in the US. The bad news is it looks like the pistons are missing, which would be extremely...

well, for big band use a small-bore valve trombone would be OK. I think the Jupiter is .500 and the Yamaha is .500 and those are both decent. The King and Bach are both smaller because they use...

Oh wow, that's very nice! I'm going to have to chase down the CD now! Thanks.

Huh. Never heard of one before, but I found a photo on hornucopia. https://www.horn-u-copia.net/instruments/Wilson/Wilson-Excelsior-Euph.jpg The regular compensating Willson baritone is a nice...

I'm not a big fan of these. They didn't put much effort into the acoustical design of their baritones until the sovereign. It's extremely difficult to play these in tune.

ahh, if it's not installed and you have a buyer for the trigger alone, I'd go ahead and sell it separately. You almost always make more money by breaking apart bundled items like this.

I definitely think you're right that it's a good price. I'm severely tempted but I can't imagine ever needing one!

I was going to say the same thing. marching baritone isn't exactly like a british baritone, but marching euphoniums are much bigger.

I always have a giggle at that "bump in the airstream" business. You're going to have a small bump either way. Is it constricting or expanding? and is it at one spot or 3 inches away at a different...