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Re: euphonium main slide trigger - Nope: a different one
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 4:08 am
by sweaty
I've played a Willson euphonium for 30 years and I agree that the sound is terrific, but those two notes are frustrating. I finger the A as 1,3 and just lip it.
Re: euphonium main slide trigger - Nope: a different one
Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 11:17 pm
by Levaix
I've never personally seen a Willson 2900 with a flat tuning Bb. PLENTY with a flat A right below that, but never that particular quirk. Maybe I've just known people who got good ones... I know you say the Elliott mouthpiece adds no extra intonation problems, but maybe compare its Bb to that of a 51D or 4AL?
Slightly off-but-still-on-topic, the PT-7C is my go-to "tenor tuba" mouthpiece. Reminds me of a scaled down PT-88 (but relatively not as immense). Very atypical design, but cranks out the low stuff.
... Also, aren't you supposed to have your OWN tenor tuba mouthpiece designed?
Re: euphonium main slide trigger - Nope: a different one
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 12:37 am
by Levaix
bloke wrote:Levaix wrote:I've never personally seen a Willson 2900 with a flat tuning Bb. PLENTY with a flat A right below that, but never that particular quirk. Maybe I've just known people who got good ones... I know you say the Elliott mouthpiece adds no extra intonation problems, but maybe compare its Bb to that of a 51D or 4AL?
Slightly off-but-still-on-topic, the PT-7C is my go-to "tenor tuba" mouthpiece. Reminds me of a scaled down PT-88 (but relatively not as immense). Very atypical design, but cranks out the low stuff.
... Also, aren't you supposed to have your OWN tenor tuba mouthpiece designed?
Thanks!
I'll get to work on that early tomorrow morning. Your euphonium main trigger design, frankly, is one that would have
never occurred to me.
Sorry, the real technicians are all asleep right now.
Re: euphonium main slide trigger - Nope: a different one
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 12:09 pm
by Bob Kolada
How does the low range compare to the 2975 you had?
Re: euphonium main slide trigger - Nope: a different one
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 6:19 pm
by MartyNeilan
This may be a dumb question,
But if you are looking for a euph with the be-all-and-end-all of low registers for your quintet, why not use your F tuba?
Re: euphonium main slide trigger - Nope: a different one
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 8:22 pm
by dwerden
One possibility if you must tune to an A is to use 13 instead of 2. On most euphoniums that will raise the A, perhaps enough to give you a good tuning center.
Didn't the Conn Constellation trigger go both in and out? I seem to recall it had a double spring, but it's been a while since I've played on one. If I'm right that might be a good design to look at for ideas.