Posted by The on November 15, 2003 at 10:00:21:
In Reply to: Willson Euphoniums posted by A. on November 15, 2003 at 09:40:05:
bell has a different diameter on those two models, so YES.
I am one who poo-poo's the "lacquer vs. silver" and even some stuff that others buy into that would seem to possibly have an effect...
but it's pretty hard to argue against a different shape of bell not having a different sound.
______________
Otherwise, the bore is reported to be the same on both models. Ed Stevens (US importer) believes the mouthpipe tapers to be different. Perhaps they are. I havent' seen enough evidence of that...but the different mouthpipe tapers (if indeed they are) would probably effect the "feel" quite a bit and the "sound" very very little, in my estimation.