Posted by Charley U.K. on July 21, 2000 at 14:08:26:
In Reply to: euphonium range help posted by Tired Chops on July 19, 2000 at 19:31:42:
Hi from England,
I agree with Jay. I have a Willson which I bought because of the lack of
bad notes, its one of the truest sounding euphs even compared to the UK
models, believe me.
I also suspect the mouthpiece contributes.
For many years the Wick I used had different properties for different notes
even though they were only a semitone apart.
Recently changing on to a custom Doug Elliott, I have now learned new
embouchure positions for all my top notes, to big advantage.
Try an old mouthpiece that you have not used for a while, then come back and
play on your original mouthpiece without thinking about the bad note.
Good luck.
Charley.
B.B.C. Wind Band London.