I'd been thinking about getting a euphonium for a while, as it's kind of an obvious doubling opportunity for a trombone player. I played some baritone/euphonium back in high school, so It was good to finally pick up a nice one with the compensating system, which translates well to the F-attachment on a trombone.

I saw a Perantucci / Sterling 1065HGS from Great Britain on the Dillon music website, and it looked pretty good, and had a large shank mouthpiece receiver, which is always nice. I had been meaning to pick up a Hammond 11L mouthpiece for a while, which compares well to the Schilke 52D, so I already had another reason to go down there. I asked them to get the horn out, and sat down annoying everyone with the "tenor tuba" part from Mars for the next hour, in addition to what I could remember of scales, tried out the upper, middle, and lower ranges, and as far as I could tell, it was a good horn I meshed well with, so I took it home.

I had known before however that there isn't nearly as much out there on the Sterling brand as there is on the Boosey & Hawkes and Besson models. From what I can tell, Sterling started making euphoniums under the Perantucci name for a while. The serial number on the horn is 753*** , so I don't know if there is any way to tell exactly how old it is. It's got the usual dents and dings on the lower end, and some of the valve tubes, but nothing major. The valves themselves all work well, and I didn't see any major wear, damage/ etc. The main tuning slide does look a bit twisted, but still slides in and out without issue. Not sure if that's just something that happens sometimes, or whether it's from original manufacture.

Anyway, I'm liking it so far, so I wondered what thoughts were on this horn. Thanks!