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  1. #11
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    The E3 projects well for me, it has a sterling silver bell, and I think you have to be a strong player to get the most out of it. I have been playing my Wessex Dolce lately due to some work I am having done on the Adams, and I clearly notice a difference in the horns (as does my band director). That's not to take away from the Wessex, it is just that the Adams is such a fine horn.
    John Morgan
    The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
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  2. #12
    I played for a couple months on an Adams E3 that was all yellow brass. Projection on that was just fine. The tone is not quite as flexible in experienced hands, but it is probably easier to just blow it and get a nice sound at all times. The sterling silver takes more strength and experience to get the advantages from it, I think, and it is more easily dented.

    But the best euphonium sound and projection I've heard live came from someone playing an E3 with ss bell. He out-projected (and out-toned, IMHO) a Besson Prestige that was being played by a very well-known/respected player. The horn has a lot of capabilities.
    Dave Werden (ASCAP)
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    So, Jake...Conklin, Lamy, Bexley, Cross, or??? ;-)
    Jim Williams N9EJR (love 10 meter CW)
    Formerly Principal Euphonium in a whole
    bunch of groups, now just a schlub.
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  4. #14
    Quote Originally Posted by Snorlax View Post
    So, Jake...Conklin, Lamy, Bexley, Cross, or??? ;-)
    Edison Pen, of course! I really like Bexley and Howard Levy is a great guy. But my favorite pens are all Edison Pens.

    I may be a bit biased, of course, being an employee.
    I play a Wessex Prague
    aka “Pocket Kaiser”
    Stofer Geib Mouthpiece

    My Son plays
    Mack Brass Compensating Euphonium
    Wessex Dolce Compensating Euphonium
    Doug Elliott EUPH SN103, I, I9

  5. If you can get out to ITEC to try more horns, then definitely do that. I don't think you should rush to get him a new horn, though. I'm a college freshman and my Wessex Dolce is serving me well for my first year. I am planning on getting a new horn hopefully before my third year, though, because I do find myself fighting with it sometimes. The B natural in the staff is a complete pain for me, and I've had to play way more than I want to with the horn's intonation tendencies. It couldn't hurt to see what the studio professor has to say either. Anyways, enjoy the hunt
    T.J. Davis

    Wessex Dolce
    G&W Kadja

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