Shires Q40 Compensating Euphonium: Brief Demonstration and Intonation Test Results.

The Shires Q41 is supposedly intended to appeal to Willson players, but this model, the Q40, is supposedly intended to appeal to Besson players. Indeed, it felt somewhat "Besson-like" to me!
The intonation test shown at the end of the video is also available on my website, along with tests from many other brands/models:
www.dwerden.com/Intonation/
The current list of brands include:
ACB Doubler , Adams E1, Adams E2, Adams E3, Adams Sonic (non-Comp), Besson Sovereign 967, Besson Sovereign 967-2, Besson Prestige 2051, Besson Prestige 2052-2, Besson New Standard, Eastman 426, Eastman 822, Eastman 826, Eastman 526, Gemeinhardt, Hirsbrunner, JP Sterling 374, Jupiter XO, Jupiter 1020, Kanstul, Lake City 415, Miraphone 1258, Miraphone 5050, Shires Q40, Shires Q41 , Sterling Virtuoso, Wessex Festivo (Prototype), Wessex Dolce Cantibile, Wessex Sinfonico, Willson Q90, Willson 2900, Willson 2960, Yamaha 321, Yamaha 641, Yamaha 642 NEO-II.

[@jamesmahan284]

I had an Olds Studio Model 4-V that reminded me of this horn which was way inferior due to its massive use. Someone had told me that the Reynolds in their day was a superior horn compared to the Olds except I had a tremendous amount of wear on mine with many leaks after playing it for almost 15 years, I never got to the point of replating the valves. The Olds was a non-compensating horn. My paternal grandmother got it for me in the 1970s and it was used then. I am in a house now so I can start practicing again, I have completely forgotten how to read bass clef. My first Baritone horn was a Cavalier upright bell silver plated pitched in A: 335. Even though it was non-compensating I never would have learned to play otherwise. I like the valve design on the horn you just played, it almost looks like the "short-action" valve design in my opinion.

[@zhiyaxue5064]

Dear Mr.werden
Will it be any chance for you to do the intonation test of the beloved student model John Packer 274?
Really want to know how it compares to other Chinese stencils.

[@dwerden]

If I'm ever in the same room as a 274 I surely will!