Survey: How much does your instrument weight in order of play?
My Besson Prestige currently weighs 5.6 kg. If we remove all the accessories (mouthpiece, hand strap, water collector, plexiglass cover, lefreque plates and heavy 4th valve cap), exactly 5 kg remain, 300 gr more than that declared by the manufacturer.
The Besson New Standard that I use in the parades while marching weighs 4.2 kg, the Wessex French C tuba 4.6 kg.
2007 Besson Prestige 2052, 3D+ K&G mouthpiece; JP373 baritone, 4B modified K&G mouthpiece; Bach 42GO trombone, T4C K&G mouthpiece; 1973 Besson New Standard 3 compensated valves, 3D+ K&G modified mouthpiece; Wessex French C tuba, 3D+ K&G modified mouthpiece.