euphplayer115

You can do what I did to find a Euphonium mouthpiece for myself, go to a store with an extensive mouthpiece selection and see which one works for you best. Dillon Music is a fantastic place for that (assuming you live in the central NJ area).

I prefer to use Al Cass. When I used my friend's blue juice, I did like it, but I found myself going back to Al Cass.

Boston Crusaders '11 Baritone Solo.

I had been looking into buying a Yamaha Euph from Bluecoats, but I had already bought myself a concert Euph. I'm hoping after the '13 season I can get one of Crown or Bluecoats' Yamaha Euphs. I have heard very good things about Kanstul.

I just bought a Dillon Euph with gold trim. I alsp bought a denis wick sm4u gold mouthpiece. You were right, Davin really is very knowledgeable when it comes to low brass, he told me how to break in the valves and other things to prolong the life of the instrument. I didn't really see the other employees other than Matt Walters who was helping someone else with a tuba.

I'm going to go to Dillon Music on Monday.

*Bump* I've tried out a few horns, the Dillon Euph felt really free blowing with a Denis Wick SM4 Gold Mouthpiece. With the same mouthpiece on the Jupiter 570S, it felt a little less free blowing than the Dillon. However, I did not try the Besson nor the W. Nirschl. The Dillon website just listed a Jupiter 5070S for about $1500, so I guess when I go there next week I'll try it out and see what happens. I'll have to make a decision then and there because there is NOT going to be another time when I'll be there to try out more instruments. Anyone have any experience with the Jupiter 5070s (weight balance, sound, etc)? I've listened to Phantom 2011 and before (I believe they started using Jupiter marching baris for 2012) but I believe it doesn't justify to consider or not. Honestly, I don't care about the weight for Marching Euphs mostly because I could just man up and get used to it. The real problem is that I can only get one because I'm paying it with my own money, and knowing that I want to start audition for Drum Corps for the 2013 season, I need to save for the tour fees because I'm paying for it myself. I might audition for Cadets2 or Jersey Surf.

Now that I checked, Dillon Music does have a Kanstul marching Bari (didn't specify, it just said "default Kanstul marching baritone variant) for approximately 600 so since I might be able to go to Dillon music I can try it out. To be honest, I'm also not too fond of online shopping because I don't want to deal with any shipping hassles or anything in that particular. Sort of off topic, but the money used to buy a Euph is what I am currently saving from my part time job with no financial assistance from family or anything. Back to the topic, I can also try out the Dillon Euphs because one of my friends owned one (he sold it) but he bought a besson 2052 for Eastman. He said that he really liked the Dillon Euph. I after doing research, I added it as an option. Dillon happens to have two of them used for approx. 700. There is a lacquer model with the side action valve that I prefer, there is also a silver plate model but with the four in line valves. New models run around 1100. I might be able to try them out if I go to Dillon Music at the end of this week.

Sorry I didn't go further into detail, but Euph is my primary instrument and Bass Trombone is my secondary instrument. So far I want to get a Euph for concert use but I also want to get a Euph for marching use. The problem is that I only have one choice and I've always been "meh" on convertibles. I guess each choice has a fault, because as for a Marching Euph, seeing unintentional road rash on my school's marching bari, I don't want to get myself into that situation where I have to send it out for repairs. (Rolls, dents etc.) However, I want to use the marching Euph for marching purposes since I want to try out for a Corps possibly this upcoming school year, and I'm looking into either Jersey Surf or Bluecoats. I'm currently unsure if I want to sell the marching Euph. As for the concert Euph, I do like the fact that I can use the 4th valve as JGuy mentioned before. I'm quite unsure about shopping online since Dillon Music is not very far away.

I'm a high school student looking for a Euph on very tight budget. I thinking about getting either Marching Euph or just a concert Euph. I'm looking at quite a few instruments both marching and concert Euphs around the $1600 range. The reason why it is so "low" is because I also have to pay my phone bill and my job isn't making that much to get a professional concert Euph anytime soon. The nearest music store that I have these instruments available to me is Dillon Music which is a 40 minute drive away. The list of the instruments are down below, silver is preferable and for concert Euphs i prefer the 4th valve to be side action. I do realize that I am asking a bit much for such a low price range. Also, sorry if this is the wrong forum section. Marching Euphs Used Yamaha YEP-202M (online only) Jupiter 5070s Concert Euphs Jupiter 570S Besson BE1065 W. Nirschl I-700