The Besson 968S is a very beautiful euphonium to play in every musical situation." Besson has long been the standard in euphoniums and I see why. The compensating system is wonderful for the low range, allowing excellent pitch and a fully chromatic scale with only four valves. I find these notes fairly easy to correct for on my Besson without having the main tuning slide trigger mechanism. Compensating euphoniums are notorious for Eb, E, and F above the staff being quite sharp, with A above that being rather flat. I find the projection on the 968 to be quite excellent as well. It is a very responsive and flexible instrument that feels lighter to me than a Wilson or Yamaha, both to play and hold. I prefer the 11 inch bell, which helps keep the tone focused and clear while still having a big, full sound. I found the Besson 968 to have many of the qualities I liked in the Yamaha 321 with several advantages of its own. It has a focus of tone and clarity with even intonation that I have always liked. "For many years I played a Yamaha 321 euphonium.
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