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Schiller Marching Brass


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Heh, this is a copy of a Holton marching horn you see here:

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This is also a Holton horn, a bit different than the one on the above link - mine has a screw-on bell.

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I picked it up cheap on ebay just because it was so unusual. The case is only about 3" thick! I can't make any evaluation on how it compares to any other marching French horn - I play contra...plus, it seems to have had some hefty repairs done to it sometime in the past (rebuilt/reversed water keys among other things).

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Recently while surfing on internet, I saw the Schiller marching brass. They are cheap, really cheap, and I wonder if anybody tryed them or heard about?

There is the link: Schiller

Thank you.

How cheap is cheap?

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Sounds almost too good to be true. I'd have to try one out first.

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Also, I do not know what kind of inferior half-brain I must have, but I do not possibly see the benefit of a horn that enters in the third valve for apparently no reason.
Hmmmmmm ........ ever look at the instrument called a "trumpet" ???
Forgive me, I was more referring to the design on their Euphoniums and other low brass, where the leadpipe goes straight into the third valve with a mysteriously twisted leadpipe.

Schiller euphonium

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King euphonium

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Yamaha euphonium

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I kinda wonder if these are anything like the "BAND DIRECTOR APPROVED FOR 2008!!!!" horns on eBay...

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Alright, my bad, I'm apparently spending too much time on my concert horn.

Well, played gentlemen, statement retracted.

However, I do stand by that there are several questionable design choices on the instruments, the most notable on first sight being the lack on a stirrup for first valve tuning.

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I guess the lack of a valve-slide operator doesn't seem to bother me so much as I never use them except on the 3rd valve when playing concert C above low Bb. I normally lip it up/down otherwise, and I even teach that method, because to be completely honest, unless you're playing a big long note, it doesn't matter that much, and frankly I would rather concentrate on marching/phrasing as opposed to "OMG! THAT Eb EIGHTH NOTE WAS 2 CENTS SHARP!" but that's just me...

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  • 3 weeks later...

Schiller horns are built in China by a company that builds them and sells them out to different retailers. If you look on ebay, you'll find lots of people selling the same stuff. I own a couple Chinese trumpets that were donated to an organization I coordinated, and I would vouch that they are good enough for a small, local, beginning group that is just getting started. I don't think they could handle the abuse of a typical drum and bugle corps, and the sound would probably not reach the press box intact.

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