Baritones

[Chadtuba]

For anybody that may be interested, I made an offer through ebay that was accepted for a better price on the Schiller 3 valved compensating baritone http://www.jimlaabsmusic.com/band-orche ... _6466.html I'll post my thoughts once it arrives. Three more weeks till I head off for the mountains of Colorado to play baritone in the Colorado Brass Band so I'm pretty excited for the trip and the new horn

[Chadtuba]

So after all was said and done, Jim Laabs didn't have the horn in stock that I wanted so I borrowed one of the baritones the band owned and ended up bringing it home with me for the next few months. A very fine example of the Yamaha 3 valved baritone. Two of us played 3 valved horns and two of us played the Yamaha 4 valved horns. I was able to spend one of the rehearsals with one of the 4 valved horns so I was able to play both examples and enjoyed both.

I'm supposed to get to the Twin Cities area later in the month so I'm hoping to get to the JL store there and try out the different models and then possibly purchase one. As the guys in this brass band all play the Yamaha horns (as well as the one or two other bands I may potentially play with on occasion) I'm hoping the Schiller 4 valved baritone plays as well as the euphonium copies do. In the mean time I'll also keep my eye open for a used Yamaha baritone on the bay. I'd like a 4 valver but I could live with the 3 valved horn if I can get a good deal.

I had a blast playing baritone last week. I hope to continue in that role next summer

[oldbandnerd]

I reccomend you get one of these from the ebay.co.uk site.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stunning-Impe ... 19d2d4e511" target="_blank