Another old 5 valve euphonium..........


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Posted by Charley UK on March 24, 2003 at 05:07:52:

Hi from England,
I have just purchased another 5 valve euphonium to add to my collection.

Like my other 5 valve, it is made by Josef Highams of 127 Strangeways, Manchester, it is dated 1902, and in silver plate.

There are 2 slides missing and the 4th. valve needs a cap & stem, but otherwise it's in very good condition.

I purchased this just from a description, without seeing a photograph, thinking it would be very similar to my other model and was most surprised at the 'Sax' design, where all the tubing is below the valve line. This is very much like the style of the Besson Prototypes.

Here, however, the bottom bow extends all the way around and a quarter of the way to where most bells start and are attached !

This makes the bell extremely long and the whole instrument measures some 28" in length. Sitting close to your assistant player would be impossible.




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