Weril C Euphonium

Ace · Post by **Ace** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:36 pm

I ran across this and wondered if anyone has tried this particular euph.

http://www.weril-schmelzer.be/euphonium_h612.htm

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:36 pm

Looks more like a baritone to me! (seriously)

XtremeEuph · Post by **XtremeEuph** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:44 pm

I agree but other than the tubing, it looks physically like a euph still.

EDIT : o yeah, and I dont know much other than Bb horns but im guessing the tubing looks so different because it's in C

Anterux · Post by **Anterux** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:40 am

XtremeEuph wrote: EDIT : o yeah, and I dont know much other than Bb horns but im guessing the tubing looks so different because it's in C

Because it's in C, a little. Looks different mainly because it has only three valves.

I never played one of those.

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:15 am

Years ago I wrote about the positive experience of trying out the first edition of the 4 top pistons Bb version of the Weril euphonium.

My only â€œbutâ€™sâ€

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:07 pm

Except for orchestral C trumpets (Bach 180L239S, and others) and C or CC tubas (French Cousenon 6-valve, modern CC's and others) most "C" instruments have or had as their primary target church bands playing out of hymnals so they did not have to transpose or other amateur groups playing with piano and/or vocals. The most famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view!) the "C melody saxophone." This, of course, leads up to the famous joke:

How many C melody saxophone/C euph/C (fill in the gap except for the above) players can you fit in a phone booth? Answer: all of them.