I am a middle school band director, and to better understand the instruments that I teach, I end up purchasing used or cheap instruments to practice on and to demonstrate with my kids. These include a Yamaha Alto Sax, a restored OLDS Bell Front Euphonium, Conn 52H Trombone, an old Conn Cornet, a Conn 14D Single F Horn and a few marching baritones and Mellophones. In addition to this my "serious" instruments for use in ensemble work and symphonic band rehearsals are my Mack Brass Euphonium and Mack Brass Tuba.
Because of this I think I'm beginning to become a mini collector 😀. I'm looking for a "just for fun" instrument just to toy around with at home or maybe show to my students. I have no problem with Chinese manufactured horns as long as they are of decent to good quality (like the Mack Brass horns I have). So I've decided on Wessex as the brand and I'm looking to one of the following horn:
Baritone Horn
Tenor Horn
Bass Trumpet
Piccolo Trumpet
I won't get any serious use out of any of these instruments but I would love to play any of them. A big plus would be if there is any etude/method material for any of these instruments that I can study with. So if you had $800 to spend on any of these which would you spend it on and why?