Thank you Russ for the excellent and detailed review! Unlike on your Festivo, the main tuning slide on my unit is smooth and silky but not even faintly too loose... None of my slides are too lose or too tight. THus I am wondering if I am fortunate, or perhaps you are unlucky instead *Smiles!*
I have not found particular issues with intonation... But I am just a babe in the woods on euph.
I am using alternatively my right pinky and my left index finger for the 4th piston. Using more and more 3 as an alternative to 12, and 4 as an alternative to 13. Tone is more open using the alternate fingering, and IMO intonation is not suffering.
Cross threading remains a bit of a challenge... While I had requested Wessex to select a unit for me that would not experience cross-threading, my experience with screwing piston top and bottom caps is mixed.... Sometimes there is no problem, while other times I fiddle for several minutes before I obtain a clean thread insertion.
Perhaps Jonathan can shed some light on these little issues.
Regards, Guido
Last edited by guidocorona; 12-22-2018 at 01:07 PM.
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