Hi All.
I thought it might be useful to add a few comments about these new euphonium springs.
There are several benefits with these springs, the main ones being that due to the design there is no excessive 'bounce back' that you get with all the other springs on the market making for greater accuracy and precision, especially in faster music. The design of the coils gives this precise action.
The coating of the valves also makes them silent, with no more annoying metal resonance that you get with traditional springs, and there is no need for the rubber dampers that several manufacturers supply.
The small difference in the length of each spring gives a very comfortable feel and reduces add any extra stress to the weaker fingers. I had to smile at a few the comments made above about the slower speeds the 2nd and 3rd valves would return with a millimetre of two shorter spring. The difference in speed is not even measurable, but the right hand does feel the added benefit of the small changes in the pressure needed to push the valves.
The third finger, in brass playing terms IS the weaker of the three for the functions it has to perform and therefore any assistance must be of benefit.
These are not Besson springs, and we have sold spring sets to Yamaha, Sterling, Wilson, Courtois and Miraphone players. We've sold hundreds of sets of these over the last year or so, and there have been no complaints.
So, to the theorists, why not give them a try...if you buy them and they are not better than your current springs you can return them and I'll refund your money. So you can't lose.
Any maybe, after my mouthpiece designs (SM and SM Ultra series) that have sold nearly 40,000 units since 1995, and my design work on the highly successful Besson euphonium models, my critics might afford me a little trust and not be SO sceptical.
Thanks
Steve
