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Yup, he was playing in the pit when he was 3. He'll probably hold the record for awhile for Most Marching Seasons within the organization...unless Gibbs puts his name on the BD-A Roster again as a soprano every year.....

Andrew is on BDB perc staff this season and his brothers are doing the same with all 3 corps. And they are the Grandsons of Blue Devils founder Tony Odello.

Glad to see a decision was made to ensure the corps future. I'm excited to see what Dream will be doing this season, and hopefully in the future, We'll be able to see Dream take the field at Championships. Much love for our West Coast Brothers/Sisters from the Renegades.

No love for the west coast? :(

In Recent years I've enjoyed BDs sound more, if Phantom wasn't on those pesky Jupiters (I know they're improving them) they would have a "fuller" sound.

Just wondering if any people in DCPLand have made their own frankenhorns, and what was their end result.

A good friend of the Renegades combined 2 Kanstul Euphoniums (in G) to make a G Tuba. Seems pretty cool http://www.renegades...ba-was-created/

We're still looking to close down our Contra and Baritone holes!

When I talked to the director of Mandarins at one of the HS marching band shows, he said they will be using kings again. And Spirit posted a picture on their FB of a bunch of Yamaha Mellophones, ao they made the switch to Yamaha already

You should use this chart to price their horns more accurately http://www.kanstulmu...brass_inst.html The prices on Kanstul's website show the MSRP, on Jack Kanstul's website, it shows the actual price they sell them for, and through Jack, you can get a better deal for schools/corps

Kanstul doesn't offer deals like Yamaha, King, Jupiter or any companies out there, they provide quality horns. IMHO, if I could afford to, I would have all my instruments (trombones,tubas,bugles, and any other low brass instrument) made by Kanstul.

Im with HornsUp on this, there's no need in purchasing your own marching horn, you are better off buying a concert euph for use in other ensembles. If you're afraid of intonation issues you might have switching to the marching horn, it's common at auditions to have that.

Glad to see a lot of corps making the switch to the Quantam series (and especially hearing about the improvements being constantly made to the horns). Prior to these recent postings, I wasn't aware of how many corps started using Jupiter! Now I can't wait to see how the corps brass qualities will be this season.

SCV is doing a 16euph/6bari line this season I think (at least what I saw at the birthday dinner)

Cascades and Pioneer? Does Spirit of Atlanta march kings?

I hope so. If it was a paying position, I would fully support it. Perhaps someone from YEA! Will see this forum and clarify, or they will do some editing on their original post on their website.

Wow, their tour fees are $3500 for marching members, and they are having people pay $3000 for staff positions?

Since Yamaha doesn't make a "Marching" trumpet, they went with the next best thing, the Xenos.

I loved playing on my middle school's recording tuba, I believe it was a King, it had a ton of air leaks due to having no case, and it being at a middle school, it was never maintenced or having any student that knew how to play tuba.

I've heard many good things from purchasing used from the Cadets and CrownStore, after the season is over, all horns are maintenanced by a Yamaha Tech.

I don't think the corps are allowed to release the numbers they paid for their equipment, (non disclosure agreement?) just my thoughts. I'm sure there are others on this forum that will actually have more insight

I understand that, I just threw the numbers out as a reference to the costs of different manufacturers.

Also, the costs could be lowered if the corps is endorsed by the horn company. Or if they buy used horns.

From the numbers off Wwbw.com, I added up 24 Trumpets, 16 Mellophones, 16 Tubas, 16 Baritones/8 Euphoniums, all quantum series, and got $152K. A Yamaha line would cost in the $240K Range, King Ultimate (NOT SB) would cost $216K, Kanstul would cost $203K, And Dynasty $193K, I retract my statement of the $300K hornlines. System Blue horns would cost about $250K

A lot of people have stated the money issues, I'm on their side with this. Jupiter doesn't make "Professional" horns, their horns are in the intermediate range, I am fine with that because the costs of their horns help out starting corps. A full line of horns from Yamaha or King would cost $300K, Jupiter helps make that cost a lot lower. I agree the hornlines that switched to Jupiter have gotten a different sound. When BD upgraded to the new Kings (System Blue), you could tell the difference. I'm sure the brass caption heads of corps that use Jupiter Brass are working close with the company to make the horn better, while keeping it affordable.