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John Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 BaritoneAdams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Year Round Except Summer:Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)Summer Only:
KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)
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Originally posted by John Morgan View Post...And I got to see Miel from Adams Musical Instruments again. He is such a nice fellow and I enjoy visiting with him. Too bad he doesn't have something to sell me, I already have my Adams E3.John Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 BaritoneAdams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Year Round Except Summer:Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)Summer Only:
KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)
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Congrats John on your new Adams T-bone! Sounds great.
It’s nice to have a wife who says, “Get it, it’s the best sounding trombone I’ve heard you play on”.Rick Floyd
Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ / RF mpc
"Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches
El Cumbanchero (Raphael Hernandez, arr. Naohiro Iwai)
The Cowboys (John Williams, arr. James Curnow)
Festive Overture (Dmitri Shostakovich)
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I played the Adams T bone as well and It blew very nicely. I didn't run the F attachment through its paces as you did., though. I also played the Adams E1 and E2 and both were very nice euphoniums. Both slotted the high G very well that is a bit tricky on my Mack Brass horn.
My wife is very kind about my brass hobby, but I never had her say to go ahead and buy a $3300 dollar horn as quickly as yours did, though.
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Originally posted by RickF View PostCongrats John on your new Adams T-bone! Sounds great.
It’s nice to have a wife who says, “Get it, it’s the best sounding trombone I’ve heard you play on”.John Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 BaritoneAdams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Year Round Except Summer:Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)Summer Only:
KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)
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Originally posted by John the Theologian View PostI played the Adams T bone as well and It blew very nicely. I didn't run the F attachment through its paces as you did., though. I also played the Adams E1 and E2 and both were very nice euphoniums. Both slotted the high G very well that is a bit tricky on my Mack Brass horn.
My wife is very kind about my brass hobby, but I never had her say to go ahead and buy a $3300 dollar horn as quickly as yours did, though.John Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 BaritoneAdams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Year Round Except Summer:Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)Summer Only:
KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)
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Originally posted by John Morgan View PostWell, I am lucky for sure to have such a supportive wife, but also, I have a nice tenor trombone at home that will be going up for sale shortly. That was part of the grand scheme of getting this new horn. Contrary to what I would prefer or any public opinion, I am not made of money.Dean L. Surkin
Mack Brass MACK-EU1150S, BB1 mouthpiece
Bach 36B trombone; Bach 6.5AL and Faxx 7C mouthpieces (pBone on loan to granddaughter)
Steinway 1902 Model A, restored by AC Pianocraft in 1988; Kawai MP8, Yamaha KX-76
See my avatar: Jazz (the black cockapoo; RIP) and Delilah (the cavapoo) keep me company while practicing
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Originally posted by dsurkin View PostJohn - does this mean you liked it more than your Edwards trombone?
You can see the horn on the Adams website: https://www.adams-music.com/shop/pro...&t=wf&lid=1033
Mine has a gold brass bell, a dual-bore slide and 0.55 mm gauge metal.Last edited by John Morgan; 06-03-2019, 11:55 AM.John Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 BaritoneAdams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Year Round Except Summer:Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)Summer Only:
KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)
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Originally posted by bbocaner View PostCan't blame any chipped notes on the "harmonic pillars" anymoreJohn Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 BaritoneAdams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Year Round Except Summer:Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)Summer Only:
KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)
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It was great to see Dave, the two Johns (the Theologian and the trombonist), Snorlax, and it seems like somebody else--and a couple of the wives. Also my son Daniel was with me. Really fun to play in the "amateur" ensemble on Saturday evening as well. And Don Winston delivered a really fine quip at the panel session on forming a community tuba-euph ensemble: "The way to make a small fortune with a euphonium is to start with a really large fortune!" I don't know whether that's original to him, adapted from some other field, or what, but I never heard it before, and it seemed a great way to make the point that playing euphonium is, for most people, a much better way to lose money than to make it.
I've commented elsewhere on the forum about my distinct lack of prowess as a euphonium player, but this conference has given me a nice way to portray myself otherwise. What follows is an absolutely true statement: Gene Pokorny heard me playing my euphonium, and he said to me, "You're my hero!"
Of course it wasn't quite that straightforward. He was in the audience when the "amateur" ensemble played on Saturday evening, so he heard me playing my euphonium. Two days earlier, on Thursday, he claimed an empty spot at our banquet table and, before eating dessert, asked people near him to guard his chocolate cake while he went to talk to some people. Somehow we failed to notice that the table server had cleared all the desserts off the table until Mr. Pokorny returned to find his cake gone. When I located the table against the back wall where the server had stacked the dessert plates, I found an untouched piece on the top of the stack and brought it to him, eliciting his exclamation, "You're my hero!" So what I wrote is perfectly true. Gene Pokorny heard me playing my euphonium, and two days earlier he had also said to me, "You're my hero!"
There was also some additional discussion about chocolate cake that prompts me to inform anyone who may entertain Mr. Pokorny at your home for dinner: chocolate cake will be a big hit, and it might be a good idea to bake one more cake than you would expect to need. :-)
Randy
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John the Theologian - We are actually going from Kalamazoo around Chicago, up to Milwaukee, over to Madison, then I-90 all the way home to Sturgis. We plan to stop at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee for two reasons: 1) I ride a Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Limited (motorcycle #30 in my lifetime and probably last one) and 2) We have never been there before. So, sorry we won't be going through Iowa City, which we thoroughly enjoyed while at ITEC.
Randy - Delightful meeting you and your son Daniel as well. I wish him well in his Euphonium endeavors. Again, I am glad I met you, anyone who is a hero to Gene Pokorny must be a pretty swell fellow!! Linda and I were at the "Young at Heart" ensemble on Saturday evening as well. Nicely done. What a splendid week it all was.John Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 BaritoneAdams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Year Round Except Summer:Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)Summer Only:
KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)
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Originally posted by RandyL View PostAnd Don Winston delivered a really fine quip at the panel session on forming a community tuba-euph ensemble: "The way to make a small fortune with a euphonium is to start with a really large fortune!" I don't know whether that's original to him, adapted from some other field, or what, but I never heard it before, and it seemed a great way to make the point that playing euphonium is, for most people, a much better way to lose money than to make it.
But, for sure, my recital series is a cost center, not a profit center.
Don Winston
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Don,
The comment struck me, just as you explained, as something that could be applicable to many things and that perhaps you had heard or even devised yourself about some other endeavor and then pressed into this extra duty for the euphonium.
The panel was indeed helpful. Thanks for your contribution to the advancement of our instrument, including the financial aspects.
Randy
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