davewerden

A reader wrote recently asking about a horn for his 10-year-old son, who is excited to learn to play euphonium. They are renting a Bach b1104 for the time being, but he wondered if:

Is the bell-front design a bad thing to learn on?Is it a limitation to have only 3 valves, or is it just better to learn right off the bat on a 4-valve hornShould he stick with the Bach or look into buying a used Conn (or similar)?

My bottom line was that he could probably stay with the horn he ...