I am a tuba player and I play a big old Yamaha YBB321 (I miss my B&S PT-3S sometimes, but I like playing Bb better than C). I also dabble on euphonium and have for years. My son is fine euphonium player and he just started high school. We were having issues with getting his horn home since I got a new job (It's been a true blessing for our family, but I can't pick him up from school!). Bringing the euph on the bus was pretty annoying and his case wasn't the greatest, so the wear and tear on it was a concern to me. If our family had another euphonium, we could play duets and generally have more fun with music at home.
My son, Logan, was saving his money to get another instrument. We knew it would be a long time before he had enough for an Adams (his dream horn after attending MWRTEC), so with a little help from the sale of my late grandfather's home and my mother pitching in to help pay for half of it, we decided to get another horn now. Originally, we would just get another Mack, but this time in Silver. After reading through this thread, we decided to look at Wessex. My son had always wanted a solver horn with gold trim, and the small differences (leadpipe angle, water key on second valve and the floating leadpipe) made it seem like a good idea to spend a little extra and purchase a Wessex for our horn which will live at home. Of course, we will have to get him another Denis Wick 4AL (but this one in gold, already ordered from DF Music) so he can have a horn for school and a horn for home, but that just makes Christmas shopping all that much easier. We're all excited and my flute-player wife is even going to get her long overdue euphonium lessons so she can start playing with the rest of the low brass family at Tuba Christmas! (my oldest son plays trombone)
I can't wait to let you all know how the instrument is. This forum has been an incredible resource. I can't thank Mr. Werden, the moderators and the contributors enough.
My son, Logan, was saving his money to get another instrument. We knew it would be a long time before he had enough for an Adams (his dream horn after attending MWRTEC), so with a little help from the sale of my late grandfather's home and my mother pitching in to help pay for half of it, we decided to get another horn now. Originally, we would just get another Mack, but this time in Silver. After reading through this thread, we decided to look at Wessex. My son had always wanted a solver horn with gold trim, and the small differences (leadpipe angle, water key on second valve and the floating leadpipe) made it seem like a good idea to spend a little extra and purchase a Wessex for our horn which will live at home. Of course, we will have to get him another Denis Wick 4AL (but this one in gold, already ordered from DF Music) so he can have a horn for school and a horn for home, but that just makes Christmas shopping all that much easier. We're all excited and my flute-player wife is even going to get her long overdue euphonium lessons so she can start playing with the rest of the low brass family at Tuba Christmas! (my oldest son plays trombone)
I can't wait to let you all know how the instrument is. This forum has been an incredible resource. I can't thank Mr. Werden, the moderators and the contributors enough.
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