Page 4 of 4 FirstFirst ... 234
Results 31 to 39 of 39

Thread: First picture of my "new" Adams E3 with top sprung valves

  1. #31
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    Farmington Hills, MI
    Posts
    472
    Quote Originally Posted by iMav View Post
    I dropped an email to Adams. We’ll see. I don’t really have a local distributor/reseller around here.

    How much did the buttons cost you?
    My dealer is not local. I think I paid $150 for them at the time.

  2. #32
    Join Date
    May 2011
    Location
    Valley City, North Dakota, USA
    Posts
    1,314
    Quote Originally Posted by MichaelSchott View Post
    My dealer is not local. I think I paid $150 for them at the time.
    Who’d you use?
    Groups
    Valley City Community Band
    Valley City State University Concert Band
    2024 North Dakota Intercollegiate Band (you're never too old!)


    Larry Herzog Jr.

    All things EUPHONIUM! Guilded server

  3. #33
    Join Date
    Mar 2017
    Location
    Sacramento, CA area
    Posts
    309
    Quote Originally Posted by John Morgan View Post
    You know they still have Miss America and other beauty contests. We should have a euphonium beauty contest. It doesn't have to be over the top, but we could make a call for your finest photograph of your euphonium, gather up and post all of the entries in one place, then take a poll right here. The winner gets, well, nothing, but imagine the pride you will have for your horn. And there are no losers, as anyone who has a euphonium and enters is a winner just for owning, loving and playing this most remarkable instrument.
    This is a fun idea (smile). My only concern is that I will be too late to the party. I am still trying to figure out if I can afford buying a new horn and getting it engraved. So hold that thought!

    - Sara
    Baritone - 3 Valve, Compensating, JinBao JBBR1240

  4. #34
    Join Date
    Apr 2014
    Location
    Summerfield, Florida Sturgis, SD (summers)
    Posts
    1,867
    Quote Originally Posted by Sara Hood View Post
    This is a fun idea (smile). My only concern is that I will be too late to the party. I am still trying to figure out if I can afford buying a new horn and getting it engraved. So hold that thought!

    - Sara
    I am delighted to wait for you and your new horn, Sara. We should build some suspense and intrigue, and nothing does that better than waiting a while... And this gives everyone a chance to figure out how to work their cameras (I still have a couple of the non-iPhone variety and use them pretty much exclusively).

    Sorry, Doug, I seem to be going off topic. I don't want to spoil the arrival of your beautiful Adams.
    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 Baritone
    Adams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
    Year Round Except Summer:
    Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)
    KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)
    Summer Only:
    Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
    Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)

  5. #35
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    Farmington Hills, MI
    Posts
    472
    Quote Originally Posted by iMav View Post
    Who’d you use?
    Dillon Music in NJ. I have a connection through a friend with them.

  6. #36
    I totally was not drooling looking at that beautiful euphonium. I'm so jelly! Not...not that I plan to cheat on my own horn, mind you!
    "Never over complicate things. Accept "bad" days. Always enjoy yourself when playing, love the sound we can make on our instruments (because that's why we all started playing the Euph)"

    Euph: Yamaha 642II Neo - 千歌音
    Mouthpiece: K&G 4D, Denis Wick 5AL

    https://soundcloud.com/ashsparkle_chika
    https://www.youtube.com/user/AshTSparkle/

  7. #37
    Join Date
    Jul 2019
    Location
    New Jersey, U.S.A.
    Posts
    155
    Quote Originally Posted by daruby View Post
    More pictures in sequence showing the new Adams E3. I had already practiced 1 1/2 hours on my Sterling when I received the Adams. Though I did spend close to 30 minutes getting the horn oiled and tuned, my chops were pretty tired, so I don't have much feedback yet. I will say that the intonation seems not to have changed much at all with the change in the bell. I will continue to do strenuous practice through Saturday (next 4 days) then have a rehearsal from 11-1 on Sunday and a concert from 3-5. I should have pretty good feedback by the end of the week.
    oh DANG that is nice. Was the +1 valve changed to top sprung as well? If possible I'd also love to see what the mechanism inside looks like on the top three valves. Definitely awesome to see that Adams is open to innovations like this. I love my Sterling but bottom sprung valves can be annoying sometimes.

    Thank you so much for sharing the pictures!
    Sterling / Perantucci 1065HGS Euphonium, 1952 B&H Imperial Eb Tuba, and a bunch of trombones.

  8. Top Sprung valve

    The 4th valve is standard Bauerfeind fare. It is completely interchangeable with my 2009 Sterling. Pictures of a top sprung valve in comparison with the standard valve are below:

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	20170323_145355.jpg 
Views:	44 
Size:	1.01 MB 
ID:	9665
    Adams E3 0.60 Sterling bell - Prototype top sprung valves
    Concord Band
    Winchendon Winds
    Townsend Military Band

  9. #39
    Join Date
    May 2011
    Location
    Valley City, North Dakota, USA
    Posts
    1,314
    I ordered a set of finger buttons directly from Adams. Blue inlays. $151.72 total shipped. Will send pics when they arrive. (Here is the pic of the options they sent me…I picked blue…second from the left.)

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	DE37BE22-0190-4374-9A2F-76888AFF1573.jpeg 
Views:	25 
Size:	785.9 KB 
ID:	9673
    Last edited by iMav; 12-02-2022 at 07:13 AM.
    Groups
    Valley City Community Band
    Valley City State University Concert Band
    2024 North Dakota Intercollegiate Band (you're never too old!)


    Larry Herzog Jr.

    All things EUPHONIUM! Guilded server

Page 4 of 4 FirstFirst ... 234

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •