Boston 3 piston 1 rotor Euphonium

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Boston 3 piston 1 rotor Euphonium

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Just picked up a new horn from a client that comes into my shop. I have never seen this configuration of Euphonium before. I contacted another collector friend who managed to pull a catalog image for me. Thought I would share!

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Nice!
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1903 or before... wild! :shock:
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Very interesting! I've never seen a configuration like that before!
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How do you hold it or play the 4th valve?
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ATschetter wrote:How do you hold it or play the 4th valve?

Like a four piston horn.
Only you can set the height of the fourth valve to suit you little finger...
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Re: Boston 3 piston 1 rotor Euphonium

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Some of the American civil war euphonium are configured like that - neat!
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