Hirsbrunner Euphonium, model HBE-LB
I personally own a Hirsbrunner and love it! They are known as the best of the best. Another fond nickname: the tank. These horns are top of the line professional. These are handmade euphoniums from Switzerland put together by Peter Hirsbrunner and his family. They are only located in two places in the world; right out the factory and Custom Music Company in Ferndale, Michigan. You can purchase used ones online through various auction sites but I highly recommend checking out Custom. Hirsbrunners have an amazing rich and open tone with little or no air resistence. This model is fully compensating, has a 12 inch bell, weighs about 10 pounds, and has a bore of .630'. You can buy receivers that screw into the opening bore to make the horn large or small bore. These babies can cost around a cool $10,000.
Willson Euphonium, model 2950
The Willson euphs are the preferred horns of the United States military bands. They fine quality horns. They are also pretty hard to find. These professional and intermediate horns can be purchased through Custom Music Company and DEG Music Products, Inc., as well as a few larger companies. This model has a bore of .680', has a 12 inch bell, and uses a bass trombone mouthpiece. Prices range from about $3,500 to $6,500.
Besson Euphonium, model 967s
Bessons are very reliable euphoniums and tend to cost a little less than Hirsbrunners and Willsons. One of the most famous euphonium soloists in the world plays on a Besson that he himself designed. You can purchase professional and student models. This compensating model has a 16.5mm bore and 304.8mm bell. Besson also makes a very good baritone horn. These euphoniums cost around $2,000 to $5,000.
Jupiter Euphonium, model 470
Jupiter made instruments have gotten a bad name but the first euphonium that I ever purchased was an intermediate level Jupiter and I got very far with it. They don’t make professional models. This model is a four valve non-compensating horn. It has a bore of 14.5mm and a 280mm upright bell as opposed to the bell front models . They cost around $1,000 to $2,000.
For auction is a vintage Besson 2-20 silver euphonium. Made in England Serial number is 469263.No major dents. Though there are quite a few small ones throughout the piece. The bell is surprisingly free of any major dents. Valve 3 seems a little sticky as do the slides. A good cleaning and oiling should fix this. Willson euphonium serial numbers, remington 870 receiver serial number, xtream path plugin serial number. May 18, 2017. S Series Compensating Euphonium - WWBWZoomtier. 0S features a. 0S also features 4 stainless steel piston valves in a 3 top and 1 side action design.
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Hirsbrunner Website
Willson Website
Besson Website
Jupiter Website
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Serial numbers are in the format 928-817061.
The first part represents the model number (in this case 928 which is a cornet) and the second part the consecutive serial number which you can look up in this list taken from a document compiled by the Horniman Museum:
Year Start End
1974560000569517
1975567737583312
1976578306601352
1977591769623413
1978612344641318
1979624239653623
1980637772667268
Willson Euphonium Serial Numbers
1981647826679500
Serial Number Idm Terbaru
1982666619691319
1983691320709999
1984700510724054
Serial Number Photoshop Cs6
1985716470737749
1986737750unknown*
1987unknown*unknown*1988unknown*765125
1989762522773114
1990771972784856
1991782271791785
1992789702800024
1993799610808444
1994807947817773
1995817061829673
1996829373841892
1997841677854404
1998851390866712
1999862689876718
2000873832885438
2001884565889618
2002887436890008
* The factory serial number books for 1986-1988 have been lost.
The reason for ranges overlapping the years is that serial numbers were assigned when instruments were ordered by dealers and before manufacturing.