Mack Brass euphonium: valve compression

[RickF]

Randy,
If you, or anyone else for that matter, is interested in a case like the Marcus Bonna Case, Brandon Jones has a John Packer case for sale - which is supposed to be exactly like the Bonna case here for $250.

[RandyL]

Funny how this thread ends up all over the place, topic wise. Kind of like real-life conversations. That Packer case would be interesting if I didn't already have too much money tied up in euph stuff. Hopefully it'll find a good and loving home.

[LouieD]

The fourth valve is "louder" than the other three valves. When I depress valves 1-3 they have a much quieter sound, where as the 4th valve makes a very loud sound when fully depressed and when it comes back to the top. It may be from the spring, I'm not sure.

As for the water issue, I do my best to completely get out all the water from the horn before storage. I blow through the horn with all the valves depressed, in different combinations and such. Afterwards I take out all of the slides and empty them before putting the horn away. Even if the horn sits for a couple of days. there is still some water/condensation that sits inside the valve area of the fourth valve, causing the aforementioned saturated felt washer problem.

If you would like a video of the sounds that the valves make, I could upload one to Youtube and upload it into this thread.