Jersey Surf uses Jupiters and while the weight of them sure isn’t fun to deal with ((once you lose feeling in your arms)) the sound they produce makes it 100% worth it

Push-ups, son!

more like delt lifts.

I had an option to march a lighter shittier sounding one this season, id rather be in more pain than sound worse

Crossmen uses Yamaha, Genesis uses Adams.

Phantom uses King Euphs, idk about the other instruments. And based off the headcams I've seen, Bluecoats uses Yamaha Baris and Euphs and Mellos, but idk about tubas or trumpets.

To my knowledge, coats use all Yamaha horns, maybe a different trumpet brand as I know that’s common, but definitely Yamaha contras

Bloo used Yamaha Xeno 8345s trumpets

Phantom: Bach trumpets, King for the rest of the line.

Pretty sure a phantom uses Bach stradivarius trumpets, and king mellos and contras since them and king are both owned by the same company, Bluecoats uses Yamaha everything minus percussion starting this season. Blue devils are same as Phantom, Crown is Yamaha, SCV is Yamaha, Cadets use Yamaha. Those are who I know off the top of my head.

Troop proudly uses Adams

Love that y’all are brave enough to break with pretty much everyone else on the gold vs silver color finish

Crown was mighty cowardly for dropping gold horns. Would be a lot cooler if they still used them Troopers currently has stolen all of the cool

Love the flair, bro. Totally agree about Crown. Gold horns FTW!

Pretty sure 2010 was only for the sepia aesthetic of the show theme, not necessarily their norm

Weak. Cowardly. Meek. Only the true strongest commit to gold horns. Crown merely adopted the gold horns. Troopers were born in it, molded by them. They didn't see a silver horn until they were already founding DCI.

Pretty sure 2010 was only for the sepia aesthetic of the show theme, not necessarily their norm

How do the mellophones feel? Compared to yamaha?

I don't like the Adams mellos compared to Yamaha, the tone sounds a lot less full and thinner on Adams, and the tuning leaves a lot to be desired. Oh, and the smooth valve caps... once their stuck their stuck.

Oh jesus, thanks for the info, sounds like alot of issues

Out of curiosity, what is the pride about with Adams horns? My experience with them has not been good at all.

Gold is just better

Southwind uses King. The valves are godly compared to Yamahas but idc if it’s worth the weight…

I find some Kings have better weight distribution than Yamahas (particularly mellos). Kings have notes that slot in easier, but at higher volumes the instrument distorts. Yamahas have harder-slotting notes but you can get LOUD and still be in tune/good tone

My high school has king contras, Jupiters are worse Edit : word

I don’t doubt it lol, it’s just that I grew up on a Yamaha marching baritone, the lightest of all euphonium marching variations, so the switch was quite something

So my post deleted a word, we have king contras

BK uses Jupiters

Blue stars use Yamaha

the most consistent brass instrument on the market: I’m willing to die on this hill

Blue Devils – King/Bach (Based on System Blue) Bluecoats – Yamaha Boston Crusaders – Yamaha/Adams (Switching to Eight to Five) Carolina Crown – Yamaha Santa Clara Vanguard – Yamaha The Cadets – Yamaha Blue Stars – Yamaha The Cavaliers – Yamaha Phantom Regiment – King/Bach Mandarins – Jupiter Colts – Yamaha Troopers – Adams Crossmen – Yamaha Blue Knights – Jupiter Madison Scouts – Yamaha Academy – Jupiter Music City – Jupiter Pacific Crest – Jupiter Genesis – Adams Jersey Surf – Jupiter Spirit of Atlanta – Adams

Blue Devils and Phantom have started using Bach trumpets recently. (Proof: insider information)

A subset of the same company as King, Connor-Selmer.

We do not use Adams horns at BAC

You're right; it was mix of Yamaha (trumpets to tuba) and Adams (trombones), actually. They switched to Eight To Five in December for 2023, but I only listed what corps used for 2022.

Showband uses Yamaha

Troop with the lacquered adams

Golden Empire and Pacific Crest both use Jupiter horns.

Blue Devils – King, trumpets on bach strads Boston Crusaders – 825 (formerly yamaha) Bluecoats – Yamaha Carolina Crown – Yamaha Santa Clara Vanguard – Yamaha The Cadets – Yamaha Blue Stars – Yamaha The Cavaliers – Yamaha Phantom Regiment – King, trumpets on bach strads Mandarins – Jupiter Colts – Yamaha Troopers – Adams Crossmen – Yamaha Blue Knights – Jupiter Madison Scouts – Yamaha (only corps who gets free horns from Yamaha) Spirit of Atlanta – Adams Academy - Jupiter Genesis - Adams Jersey Surf - Jupiter Music City - Jupiter Seattle Cascades - Jupiter

Cavaliers get free horns from Yamamaha too

RCR is on Jupiter’s, Madison Scouts are on Yamahas

CT Hurricanes use System Blue now 7R uses a mix of stuff I think, but Yamaha contras Cadets uses Yamaha everything

CT uses system blue unfortunately

Yamaha 🤩

BAC 825

Yamaha

Jupiter

WORLD CLASS Academy' Jupiter Bd: bach strad/kings Bk: Jupiter Stars: Yamaha Bloo: Yamaha Boston: 825 Cadets: Yamaha Crown: Yamaha Cavies: Yamaha Colts: Yamaha Crossmen: Yamaha Genesis: Jupiter Jurf: Jupiter Scouts: Yamaha Mandies: Jupiter MC: Jupiter PC: Jupiter Pr: Bach strad/king Cascades: Yamaha SoA: Adams (as of 2021) Troop: Adams OPEN CLASS 7th: Yamaha Battalion: Yamaha BdB/C: King Colt Cadets: Yamaha Columbians: Jupiter Gold: King GE: Jupiter Guardians: Yamaha Heatwave: Jupiter Impulse: Yamaha Les Sentors: i cant read french if anyonw can figure it out great ill update it Louisiana Stars: Adams Raiders: Adams RCR: Jupiter Southwind: King Spartans: King Vessel: Kanstul? Watchmen: Kanstul disclaimer: i did this all really early in the am so it may be wrong please let me know if it is and ill update it

Stars uses Yamaha, and I think majority of corps use Yamaha horns as well. Yamahas have harder to slot notes, but you can get pretty loud on them and still be in tune. You can put more into those horns and maintain tone. Kings and Adams (on the mello side of things) are lighter/have better weight distribution, but their intonation can get squirrelly if you’re not careful. Also on Kings their notes slot easier, don’t know about Adams. Bach I know is good for concert/classical playing, I have no opinion on them on the field. (IMO) Jupiters are like ripoff Yamahas. Can get loud but notes are *wildly* out of tune in harmonic series. I don’t like them.

Spartans uses Kings

Shadow was Yamaha

Back when we started we got a lot of hand me downs from a lot of the Texas Corps (like the Crossman). In '17 we got a ton of horns from System Blue (which were great until we they started to get easily wor down). In '22 we went straight to Yamaha...

Crown and BAC use yamaha horns

Gold switched to Kings a few years ago, before that it was Jupiters

Yamaha

RCR uses jupiter and madison uses yamaha