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any euphonium players out there?

#23
I played Euphonium at school/college - did all my grades and stuff. I've still got one, but haven't really played it seriously in years. It's a great instrument, but not a lot of gigs.

Can we have a club/numbers?

Ian
 
#26
I started on trombone for three years and switched to tuba. Much more talent on the tuba. There is a guy in my wind symphony who plays the bone, tuba, euphonium, and bari sax. He went from tuba to euphonium when I came in, and i think he likes it more. He is quite the player, very expressive. Oh, and he plays guitar and bass too.

I'd like to learn and play the euphonium but my conductor tells me I should get my tuba-ing even better.
 
#30
Tuba major here. Did a LOT of time on euph. Love the horn. Neal Corwell (if you don't know the name: Look him up and get some of his CDs... you have probably played his compositions or arrangements) taught at my college. Got to play with him, studied euph with him for a semester, and even got to perform one of his awesome duets (Tape accomp, Neal on Euph, me on Tuba) at one of his recitals. I was pumped to finally get a great deal on my own euph last year but sold it at Thanksgiving to finance a bass.
 
#33
Bard2dbone said:
What kind did you have? I remember the one I played in high school was a Yamaha YEP 321. Got any pics. The #1 rule is still 'No pics, no ______', so I guess 'No pics, No euph.' :p
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I THINK that is what mine was... 4 upright valve non compensating. Same as I played back in HS.... if someone said "I'll give you any euph you want"... would have to be a Willson. College had one and it SCARED me the first time I played a note on it. So free blowing and beautiful... MAde every other horn I played feel like a block o lead.
 
#35
Actually I loved the Yamaha. But then I had Olds and Conn baritone horns. After them, that Yamaha was wonderful.


It's all a matter of what you're exposed to.

But in jazz band I had two Getzen Eterna horns for when I wasn't playing bass, the Flugelhorn was an 896 four valve. The valve trombone was a 998.

No. I didn't remember those model numbers. I just looked at the Getzen website for the ones most like what I remembered. The previous director had had some kind of great appreciation for Getzen instruments so he had bought several flugelhorns for the marching band to have an extra trumpet section voiced between the trumpets and trombones. The fourvalve was the only one the school had, along with six or seven three valve models. They had two valve trombones, because nobody wants to see a euphonium solo in marching band.

When I got there, neither horn had been used in years. I miss them. I keep occasionally considering getting a flugelhorn and/or valve trombone on ebay for cheap. But I know I'd end up comparing them to the memory of those Getzens.
 

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