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Solbron Euphonium History
Hello everyone,
I have finally managed to source myself a 1916 dated Solbron Euphonium and I was curious to learn more about the development of this instrument and I was wondering if anyone had any information which they could give me in relation to these instruments?
Best Wishes,
Micah Dominic Parsons
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I have a playable Solbron from 1928 or so; serial number 132871. It's labelled Boosey & Co, "Imperial Model", Solbron Class A, Compensating pistons.
I don't know anything about the history of this line, but the form is clearly that of a modern euphonium with the 4th valve placement and all the slides in the usual places. It has a medium shank, but I don't know if it is original. The tuning slide seems to have been lengthened for low pitch. The bell is 10" and the intonation is quite good.
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Hello Carbogast,
Thank you so much for your message. How long have you owned your Solbron Euphonium for? I am rather eager to see how my 1916 dated Solbron Euphonium will compare to my 2020 made Besson Prestige 2052-2 Euphonium.
Thank you so much for all of the information that you have given me. I really hope that I will be able to find out more about the development of the Solbron Euphonium in the near future.
Best Wishes,
Micah Dominic Parsons
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If I'm remembering correctly, Solbron wasn't a maker but it was a trade name of Boosey for instruments with soldered bronze pistons. soldered bronze = solbron
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Barry
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Hello Barry,
Thank you so much for sharing this absolutely fascinating piece of information with me. I have been told that the Solbron Euphonium was quite a popular instrument in the early 20th century but there does not seem to be any information in regards to how this instrument was developed. I really hope that I will be able to find out a little more about the development of the Solbron Euphonium in the near future.
Best Wishes,
Micah Dominic Parsons
Last edited by Micah.Dominic.Parsons-OFFLINE; 06-20-2021 at 07:29 AM.
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Here is an interesting pdf that can get you started:Brasswind Innovation and output of Boosey & Co. It has an interesting discussion of various patents for compensating pistons (Blaikley was not the only one). If you search "Brasswind Inovation and output of Boosey & Co", you will get other potentially interesting links.
-Carroll
Last edited by carbogast; 06-21-2021 at 10:21 PM.
Reason: Fix link
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Hello Carroll,
Thank you so much for sharing this article with me. I will have to try and do some more research into the development of this instrument. I will try to report back to you all if I find out any interesting information.
Best Wishes,
Micah Dominic Parsons
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