Author: Max S-D
Date: 2016-03-13 12:02
If all you need to do is play in a concert band, you could also just get the Selmer USA horn fixed up by a good tech who knows what they are doing. If it's one of the one-piece-bodied instruments, those horns, while not as good as the best ones mentioned in this thread, are solid and dependable performers. I've owned one (an old one-piece Bundy) for over 10 years now and would not hesitate to show up to a concert band or wind ensemble audition, rehearsal or performance on it.
When I'm playing difficult solo pieces with lots of upper register work and wide leaps between registers, I definitely miss the Selmer Paris Low C instrument that I borrowed from my school throughout my college years, but for concert band parts, I would be fine on the Bundy.
If yours isn't working, then it needs to go to a tech. If your tech can't make it play for you or your teacher, then you need to find a new tech.
Of course, if you have the budget and the inclination to go for a better instrument, that's completely understandable, but that Selmer USA horn may not be the lost cause that you are thinking it is.
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