John Packer 3+1 compensating euphonium (intonation test)

bisontuba · Post by **bisontuba** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 2:39 pm

Joe-
Their F Tuba looks like the PT-10 clone....,
Mark

CA Transplant · Post by **CA Transplant** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 2:45 pm

That sounds promising. Do you know where these are made? I can see the price from John Packer, about 1000 pounds. That would put it in a good price range for competing horns, but higher than the JinBao compensating 3+1 euphs. The question of origin would be an important one for me, given the price differential.

CA Transplant · Post by **CA Transplant** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 4:28 pm

bloke wrote: Back in the 80's, I remember WWII veteran music store owners vowing to never sell Jap' horns...so, rather than Yamaha, they sold Vito and Holton (Yamaha stencils ).

Funny, isn't it? So many stencils, not enough time to sort through them all.

I did look at a used Jupiter 3-valve euph at a pawn shop, during my search for an affordable horn. Priced at just $300, it was a lot lighter in weight than the Blessing I finally bought, and had one sticky valve, so I passed on it.

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:07 pm

jonesmj wrote:Joe-
Their F Tuba looks like the PT-10 clone....,
Mark

It is not made by Jinbao. JP use another Chinese factory

dwerden · Post by **dwerden** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 7:42 pm

I was able to do a tuning test at ITEC last May for the JP Sterling 374. You can check out the result on this page:

http://www.dwerden.com/Intonation/index.cfm

(And you can compare directly with other horns as well.)

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:25 pm

RobHanson · Post by **RobHanson** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 1:00 pm

Correct

The original photo showed it as the JP274 model. That instrument was downgraded several years ago to the JP174 which is still a current model (sorry should have been clearer.)

Since that photo we replaced that instrument with several versions of the Jin Bao comp model. Subsequently we pulled out of Jin Bao as we now have our own production facility set up where we have a much greater degree of quality and control.

Rob Hanson

TubeNet

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