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Good afternoon all! I'm a current high school band director and I'm looking into purchasing a couple of baritones/euphoniums for my marching band. I'm on a relatively low end budget because I'm trying to get two instruments, but I do know that there are some resources out there that I can use to find affordable instruments. I only have two marching baritones in my inventory which are 10-15 year old Dynasty Marching Baritones which I'm not the biggest fan of. I have found a Demo Yamaha Marching Euphonium and various other brands at Dillon's, however if I were to go that route I will only be able to afford the one instrument given the budget I have for other supplies. I'm more familiar with Yamaha so I typically lean towards their marching instruments. I was curious if anyone had any experiences with the Wessex marching baritone/euphonium and how they compare to other brands such as Yamaha, King etc? Durability, plating, mechanics, intonation, etc? Please give me your input.


Thank you for your time,
BigBrodtuba

Yamaha is good. King has a great sound but pitch can be difficult.
Blessing M300 - tried one, I've had better. Maybe that's not the "good" Blessing, but It appeared to be generally Olds-like and at least had nice valves.
An Olds-like Bach with long bell and straight-thru piston design was decent even as a junker.

Our band never had "marching baritones" are they new or specific to corp bands??

This is what I'm used to;