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Here are some photos of my ~1910 York euphonium. The High/Low pitch adapter can be seen at the lower left of the 1st photo. The adapter can be seen in the low pitch position in the...
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Here are some photos of my ~1910 York euphonium. The High/Low pitch adapter can be seen at the lower left of the 1st photo. The adapter can be seen in the low pitch position in the...
I have a York euphonium with this feature. The extra slide serves to lengthen the main tuning slide and convert it from high pitch to low pitch. York had a patent on this, and the slide is likely to...
You can get felts and corks on line if you're inclined. I think the key buttons also had felt under them. Getting the right sized felts will allow the pistons to be in proper alignment in both the up...
Sterling Bauerfeind Valve - 95 grams
Did you remove the stem?
That looks like a very good buy!
I use them nearly every practice session. I keep the main slide in, and dump it out the bell. Sometimes they get hung up *after* the tuning slide. I think it's because they tumble sideways at some...
Here is an interesting pdf that can get you started:Brasswind Innovation and output of Boosey & Co. It has an interesting discussion of various patents for compensating pistons (Blaikley was not...
Thanks! I have the USB version of the AT2020 (not stereo). I haven't figured out the best setup yet.
That will be very interesting; what type of mic is your "good one"?
I have a playable Solbron from 1928 or so; serial number 132871. It's labelled Boosey & Co, "Imperial Model", Solbron Class A, Compensating pistons.
I don't know anything about the history of this...
That was really very well done, thank you!
Nice job!
I imagine your friend is referring to woodworms, the larvae of certain beetles. They can do tremendous damage to wooden instruments such as violins and guitars! They can damage a wooden case, but in...
Two very interesting links. I played in the FSU bands in 1970 & 71, but was a physics major. I wish I had known that such a distinguished euphoniumist had passed through there!
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The etudes are fun and challenging for intermediate players like myself, so I've been getting back into them during the pandemic. It may not have been clear that I provided indexes to Joe Dixon's...
I’ve been using Joe Dixon’s Key-of-the-week exercises as part of my practice routine. The exercises contain major & minor scales, some Arban exercises and some of Clarke’s exercises. I really like...
And remove the finger buttons if they have mother of pearl or abalone inserts!
Red: Warmer and somewhat veiled, Blue: Cooler with more presence and brilliance in the attack.
I thought blue served Czardas well, while the warmth of red was just right for the Holst.
I think you have demonstrated that we don't need fancy gear to produce a very nice recording!
That was really nice! It appears you are recording in a small room, but capturing a very good quality sound. Do you mind sharing how you were setup?
I have some old instruments that I've aligned myself. With my Sterling, I just use the standard felt set. Regarding the former, I bought a variety of felts of various sizes online (don't recall at...
Very nice! Will look forward to your next installment - Carroll
A clue is in your description of how the tuner behaved when you tried it on your bass guitar. The initial attack has lots of harmonics then sustains with a strong fundamental. Euphonium tones ...