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  • Jonathantuba
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2013
    • 296

    New Wessex Tornister Euphonium

    Wessex fantastic new small travel euphonium or tornister baritone is now on website and available to order.

    Choosing Wessex is more than simply choosing a brand; it's choosing quality, choosing comfort, and choosing style, all for an affordable price. We're a UK Company delivering worldwide.






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  • Koukalaka
    Member
    • Feb 2015
    • 52

    #2
    I had a chance to play one of these at NABBA in Ft. Wayne yesterday and I loved it! I didn't realize I needed another euphonium, now I'm coming up with excuses to buy this little beauty.

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    • Koukalaka
      Member
      • Feb 2015
      • 52

      #3
      Finally placed my order, hooray! Can hardly wait!
      Last edited by Koukalaka; 11-24-2018, 06:28 AM.

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      • pvflanigan
        Member
        • Oct 2006
        • 33

        #4
        Congratulations. I hope you got the Black Friday price as well on this. Let us know how you like it. I bought the duplex euphonium last week about this time. It arrived on Tuesday, shipping is fast.

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        • Davidus1
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2008
          • 622

          #5
          Nice! Looks like a neat instrument.
          John 3:16


          Conn Victor 5H Trombone
          Yamaha 354 Trombone
          Conn 15I Euphonium

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          • Koukalaka
            Member
            • Feb 2015
            • 52

            #6
            Originally posted by pvflanigan View Post
            Congratulations. I hope you got the Black Friday price as well on this.
            I did...$1400 instead of $1750 for the lacquered version, this just barely put it in range of what I could spend. I was looking at the Mighty Gnome too (tornister CC tuba), hoping that one of them would be discounted for the holiday.

            I saw that Wessex will be opening a store in Chicago—when this happens, I may need to make a trip there to try all of their instruments including that duplex.

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            • 58mark
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2013
              • 481

              #7
              I was REALLY shocked at how much fun this little horn was to play. I didn't want to put it down

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              • rumhud
                Junior Member
                • Jan 2018
                • 9

                #8
                Congrats! It is a ridiculously fun instrument to play.

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                • Koukalaka
                  Member
                  • Feb 2015
                  • 52

                  #9
                  I received the "Maly" in an incredibly short time. I placed the order on Friday, 11/23. They shipped the horn in the early afternoon (UK time) Monday, and it arrived at my door in Indiana in the late morning Tuesday--about 27 hours after it left Wessex. That's overnight shipping from the UK to the central United States--wow. Photos to follow.

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                  • Koukalaka
                    Member
                    • Feb 2015
                    • 52

                    #10
                    Shipping crate from Wessex:

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                    Nicely packed in plenty of foam, with a complimentary Wessex baseball cap, bottle of valve oil, pencil, and what I think is a mouthpiece case:

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                    The Maly in its cute little case:

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                    First glance of this beautiful little instrument:

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                    The Maly is really fun to play. Obviously this is a small instrument with a small bore, and it sounded a little stuffy for the first few minutes when I started playing. It's easy to overblow when I'm used to the airflow of my Mack Brass compensating euphonium. But after a little adjustment in intonation, the Maly does make a nice sweet sound. The valves are super smooth right out of the box. There was a tiny bit of metallic rattle that seemed to resonate with a few notes--I thought it was from the end screws on the valve block or from the little rail thing that keeps the tuning slide from falling out, because it seemed to go away when I tightened them, but it has come back a few times.

                    Fit/finish are otherwise pretty good--there is a little bit of greenish corrosion where the bracket that holds that little rail is soldered to the instrument--any idea how to safely get rid of that?

                    Sorry about the photos all being rotated--they are right-side up everywhere else, but somehow when I insert them here the system rotates them 90 degrees counterclockwise.
                    Last edited by Koukalaka; 12-01-2018, 08:19 AM.

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                    • JasonDonnelly
                      Member
                      • Nov 2015
                      • 89

                      #11
                      I concur with everyone else. My main takeway from playing the Tornister euph was "wow, that was lots of fun to play."
                      University of Miami - BM Euphonium Performance '21
                      Indiana University - MM Bass Trombone and Euphonium Performance '24



                      Besson Prestige 2052S
                      Courtois 551BHRA
                      Conn 88HCLSGX
                      Various Greg Black mouthpieces

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                      • pvflanigan
                        Member
                        • Oct 2006
                        • 33

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Koukalaka View Post
                        Shipping crate from Wessex:

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                        Nicely packed in plenty of foam, with a complimentary Wessex baseball cap, bottle of valve oil, pencil, and what I think is a mouthpiece case:

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                        The Maly in its cute little case:

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                        First glance of this beautiful little instrument:

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                        The Maly is really fun to play. Obviously this is a small instrument with a small bore, and it sounded a little stuffy for the first few minutes when I started playing. It's easy to overblow when I'm used to the airflow of my Mack Brass compensating euphonium. But after a little adjustment in intonation, the Maly does make a nice sweet sound. The valves are super smooth right out of the box. There was a tiny bit of metallic rattle that seemed to resonate with a few notes--I thought it was from the end screws on the valve block or from the little rail thing that keeps the tuning slide from falling out, because it seemed to go away when I tightened them, but it has come back a few times.

                        Fit/finish are otherwise pretty good--there is a little bit of greenish corrosion where the bracket that holds that little rail is soldered to the instrument--any idea how to safely get rid of that?

                        Sorry about the photos all being rotated--they are right-side up everywhere else, but somehow when I insert them here the system rotates them 90 degrees counterclockwise.
                        Now that you've had this a little while, are you still in love with it? I'm trying to decide if I need one.

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                        • Koukalaka
                          Member
                          • Feb 2015
                          • 52

                          #13
                          Originally posted by pvflanigan View Post
                          Now that you've had this a little while, are you still in love with it? I'm trying to decide if I need one.
                          I apologize for the lengthy delay in replying...yes, I am! I'd been playing the tuba more in preparation for a Christmas concert, but in the last couple of weeks I've been more euphonium-focused and have found myself reaching for the Maly more often. It's just so convenient and fun to play. It doesn't have the fullness of a large compensating instrument, but now that I've learned the right amount of air to use for it, it has quite a lovely sound. My intonation in the lower register is improving.

                          I will say that I don't do well at all with the included mouthpiece, it's too shallow for me. I've been using a Kelly 5G with good results (and my King 5G, although I keep that in the case of my larger compensating horn so I usually go with the Kelly). My Kelly 5G is a bright neon green color, though, so I need to get a more formal-looking mouthpiece for this horn. Thinking I might try a Schilke 51D.

                          So--yes. I'm really enjoying the Maly. I wouldn't want it to be my ONLY euphonium...but if I could only have two, this would be the second one.

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