Has anyone played the Jupiter 1270 XO Comp Euph?
Originally posted by: warumtobendieheiden I can't resist the urge to get in line to bash the Jupiter euphoniums. I played on a 3+1 non-compensating model 570 for three weeks during a trip to Germany. It was awful. The horn, not the trip. It was very hard to get the horn to speak responsively in any register. I suspect that the leadpipe design was the culprit. I would hope that the new compensating model is better. It certainly would need to be, given the ferocity of the competition among manufacturers.
I made the mistake of renting a Jupiter non-comp euph back in 2003, as I was traveling at the time and could not bring my own horn.
Tinny, light, fragile, and completely and totally useless are words that come to mind - along with abysmal slotting, intonation, and every other aspect you can think of. The experience was so bad I won't even touch a Jupiter much less try one out.
U.S. Army, Retired (built mid-1950s)
Adams E2 Euph (built 2017)
Boosey & Co. Imperial Euph (built 1941)
Edwards B454 Bass Trombone (built 2012)
Boosey & Hawkes Imperial Eb tuba (built 1958)
Kanstul 33-T lBBb tuba (built 2010)