My new vintage Euphonium/Baritone

[Duderubble]

It all started with an Olds Standard Trombone I got for $50 off of Craigslist. I was enjoying it (first time at 45, had played trumpet in Band in grade school, stunk at it, hated my teacher, then my kid started playing and got me interested again, but trumpet was not going to work for me) I wanted to try valves, enter ebay and the $15 horn.



Now fully restored I have this. About $150 dollars in the horn with parts shipping and having a pro remove dents and re-solder the leadpipe. Sounds great and I'm pretty pleased with how it looks too. I swear I thought I was buying a raw brass horn painted black at some point. I was shocked to find not only was it silver but the plating is about 95% intact.

















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[warumtobendieheiden]

A handsome horn, and unmistakably a euphonium! Enjoy! Google 'community bands' to find a comprehensive, well-indexed site about places you can play.

[Applehead57]

Excellent! I've been the treasurer of my community band for over a decade now. I can't imagine a better way to show your love for your horn and your community. Get out there and play!

[carbogast]

I also have one of these horns. It's a sweet player! I use either a Bach 6 1/2 or 5G with it. The valves are a bit worn, and I found that Binak oil works well.

- Carroll

[Duderubble]

Thanks all. Valves are quite tight and smooth on this one. Coupled with the near perfect silver and the tarnish so thick you could chip it I think this one was stuck in an attic early in its existence. Still it lost a finger pad and a spit valve though. It's fortunate the valves weren't stuck like the slides. I would like to do the community band thing, but a duet with my son on trumpet is first on my list.

[highpitch]

It is very good that it does not use lead-pipe tuning. I have found that on most older horns using that method good intonation is harder to handle.

Dennis