I’ve used B# Instrument Soak, and I like it. (Ingredients: 5 to 15% lauryl betaine, 15 - 30% cocomidopropyl betaine) You soak the horn in the tub, then flip it over for one hour total. Seems to work...
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I’ve used B# Instrument Soak, and I like it. (Ingredients: 5 to 15% lauryl betaine, 15 - 30% cocomidopropyl betaine) You soak the horn in the tub, then flip it over for one hour total. Seems to work...
Another factor is the weight of the instrument. I've aged :), so I switched from my Yamaha Compensated Euphonium to this Besson because it is sooo much lighter. It's easier to hold without the need...
I saw the Carbonaria on their site. Looked good. Think they will let me try or return for refund if I don’t like one?
Thanks, will do.
Thanks, I’ll check out Parker.
Watching a talk by Steven Meade, I noted how he praised the new Besson non-compensating Euphoniums. I’ve been increasingly unhappy with my own compensating horn, a Yamaha YEP 642, because my neck was...
Try EBay if you’re not committed to new. I just looked and there several in your price range. Some folks will accept returns as well.
I love my stainless steel Loud mouthpiece. To me it does really seem to project every lip vibration into the horn. I think I want to move to a larger size. Seems the Loud website is not working....
Thank you, John - and everyone who responded. Very informative. Sort of as I suspected - I could play faster passages, if I could play faster passages. It's the fingers, not the horn!
I play a Yahama YEP642, and noticing other brands, it appears that some have a shorter distance to depress. I assume this would make them faster.
Which brands are better?