I've been playing more euphonium lately, and as a "downstream" player, I find it hard to get in a comfortable playing position with my horn. Looking at pictures of other Euphoniums, I can't tell if the leadpipe has already been adjusted or not. It seems to angle downwards slightly, and I'm used to seeing them angled pretty much at a 90 degree angle to the horn.
Does it look like my leadpipe has been bent downwards a bit? I tried to get the photos as straight on as possible.
Does my Euph Leadpipe need Adjustment?
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Does my Euph Leadpipe need Adjustment?
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Re: Does my Euph Leadpipe need Adjustment?
It may have been built to suit a slightly more angled/closer-to-horizontal horn position. You could get it adjusted to fit your particular playing style, that's up to you.
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Re: Does my Euph Leadpipe need Adjustment?
Yeah, there is some sign of soldering around the brace. It's possible that it took a hit as well, as it's definitely a horn that had some marching miles put on it, as far as I can tell. I've never had a euphonium before, so I wasn't sure if that was the regular angle that the receiver "should" be at.KingBassTrombone wrote:It may have been built to suit a slightly more angled/closer-to-horizontal horn position. You could get it adjusted to fit your particular playing style, that's up to you.
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Re: Does my Euph Leadpipe need Adjustment?
Yeah, it does, the more I look at it and play it. I mean it's not horribly out of alignment, but I end up having to hold the euph at a kinda strange angle to get the mouthpiece comfy, and that can't be good. I also compared it to the leadpipe on my Yamaha Tuba, and that thing is precisely 90 degrees.bloke wrote:2D pictures can be deceptive, but it looks screwed up to me.
(I've mounted quite a few euphonium mouthpipes on quite a few models.)
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Re: Does my Euph Leadpipe need Adjustment?
It's soldered directly to the bell (thankfully) for most of the length, so the only part I can really feel a little bit "oval" is about an inch or so from the receiver. I just can't tell if it took a hit or if someone "adjusted" the angle. It's not majorly messed up, from what I can tell. I'll probably just bring it along in one of my regular trips to Dillon music when I "need" to spend a few hours playing on lots of trombones.
Yamaha YBB-631S BBb Tuba, B&H Imperial Eb Tuba, Sterling / Perantucci 1065GHS Euphonium
Yamaha YBL-621 RII Bass Trombone and a bunch of other trombones
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