Gorgeous specimen. Didn't take long to sell.

I would donate it to a museum. Other than the valves it's in good shape, perfect museum piece.

It's a JW York and Sons. And with that bore size, definitely a Euphonium.

Ninja'd by windshieldbug

gocsick wrote: Tue Nov 11, 2025 11:07 am I want an Eb Flugel...

Solo Alto Horn is what you're looking for.

Bernd Jestädt learned his trade working for Miraphone. Should be superb quality and expensive.

An elephant sound is usually called a "trumpet". Best way I know, is put a snare drum over the bell of a French Horn/Baritone/Euph and give it all you got. You can do it without the snare but it's more realistic sounding.

The Phone Company used to put metal plates on the bottoms of phones so Americans would think they were high quality.

/Tangent

Super blurry from a 1975 catalog. Pic is actually the 'G' version.

jtm wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 7:30 pm I won’t claim it’s a good idea, but I’m really happy with a TU23 on my rotary F.

That's what Miraphone sells with the Firebird so it must be reasonably good.

bloke wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 2:55 pm bloke "Insert shoulder-shrug here."

Yeah, you're right. Not really worth arguing over. People will say what they want.

I checked the Forvo site. They often have pronunciations from native speakers. So, for what it's worth...

https://forvo.com/word/couesnon/

semi-confident that fairly close to the correct pronunciation is "kooznaw (n) ".

If I'm wrong, I'm still pretty damn sure it ain't "kwee-non"


It's probably closer to kway-non.
Cou = koo
es = ay (the 'e' is continental not English and the 's' is silent in typical French fashion.
non = as is ...

surprisingly reluctant to learn bass clef as adults.

Do not assume it's reluctance. I have tried and tried to become as proficient in BC as I am in TC. My brain just won't do it. It takes me a second to tell you the note name in BC whereas in TC it's instantaneous.

I can learn new fingerings ...

the elephant wrote: Sat Jul 12, 2025 12:36 pm I think the ideal sound would be four Wessex Leviathans with Holton "Revelation 52" mouthpieces. I think such a gathering of gear would accurately display the commercial viability of such an ensemble…

Gonna need a bigger boat!

From a 1974 Catalog...

Intonation ain't so good. Is yours the left handed model? I think miraphone called them a contra alto.


Correct on all points.

The slotting is very wide and takes a lot of practice to control well. It's worse if you're using the Eb slide as the valve slides can't be compensated. There just isn ...

bloke wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 10:09 pm That seems good, as long as you can read and play the first parts with ease when using an F instrument.

I know the F Tuba fingerings. They're just shifted up an octave. So, it works pretty well.

Using instruments I own...

Mirafone 35w - Alto Euphonium in 6 ft F (4-valve model)
King 3 valve American Baritone
Mirafone 1258a Euphonium
Miraphone Firebird F Tuba 4x2

3+3 because my pinkies are USELESS.

Optionally 4+2 where 4 is right thumb operated.

I think that Tuba was designed by a Bassoon player.

Charlie C Chowder wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 9:01 am Sorry Craig, we must have been posting at the same time. I was responding to the "mandoviola". I have all three here.

No problem, just a little mix up.