Marching Baritone/Euphonium recommendations

[BigBrodtuba]

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

[TheGoyWonder]

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.

[Three Valves]

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

This is what I'm used to;