Euphonium!!!

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There used to be a tubachristmas in Cheyenne (which is about a five hour drive; not sure if that counts as "my area"). I still have my tubachristmas book, and four of us used to get together every year and play at the local grocery store--a tuba, two euphs, and an alto horn. Funny, me and one of the other guys were just talking about that the other day. :)

Weeks, did I give you a copy of my CD? I was playing a cruddy old beat up student horn (and not playing it particularly well at that), but "the Whetstone" is basically a 6/8 pipe march played on the euph. There are some partial sound clips at http://cdbaby.com/cd/wilsontom.

I'm currently looking for the sheet music to Nessun Dorma to learn; after that, yes, I do plan on getting into some Irish and Scottish stuff with it. And yes, one can do rolls, cuts, and taps on a euphonium...though slides don't quite work. :D

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WyoBadger wrote:And yes, one can do rolls, cuts, and taps on a euphonium...though slides don't quite work. :D
I can see from the photo that the thing has only 3 notes anyway. So how hard could it be? For slides, you need a big toilet plunger over the bell. This also helps to dislodge small woodland creatures. No need to thank me for the tip.

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What would we do without you? :really: :lol:
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is this a Besson?
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It looks like "Yamaha" is inscribed on the
side of the middle valve.
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Yamaha 642S. :D
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I used to love TubaChristmas in Dallas. Alwasy made sure my plant-dusting route took me downtown on Tuba day. Sure could use a little of that music today.........
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Post by Brewster »

Hi Wyo--nice looking horn. Does it have a 4th valve sticking out of the side? You didn't give us a complete picture. Where did you end up buying it? I seem to remember a posting from you a while back lamenting the fact that you didn't have a music store near you.
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It does indeed have a forth sticking off the side. I got it off of (drum roll) ebay. After doing lots and lots (and lots and lots) of research, I found that Yamaha and Stirling horns are the most consistant--one is very much like the next. When laying down a lot of money for a horn without being able to play it first, that's an important consideration. Price is another consideration for me, thus the Yamaha instead of the Stirling Virtuoso. Someday... ;)

Bessons, in my experience, are AMAZING in sound, but they vary quite a bit from one to another, especially in intonation. That was the trouble with my old besson. The sound was awesome (in the true sense, not in the surfer-teenager sense), but I just couldn't get the darn thing to play in tune.

This horn sounds big, and the tuning is as close to dead-on as you're going to get with a euph. I love it. :party:

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I just heard from our community orchestra conductor today and he's earmarked his Christmas gift from the group for a .....Euphonium!
(he played a lovely solo on one borrowed from a local college for our holiday concert )
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Oh!

Quite Jazzy!
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