To my ears, the tone is its own character, not just tuba up an octave, and blends better with both brass and woodwinds than does a Besson-style Euph. Of course, for tone, for American concert bands, I am still a fan of the "American" instrument that was the mainstay for decades, even a century of concert band usage, traditionally made by King, Conn, Olds, Reynolds, Martin, etc., and of which a version is currently made by Wessex, and which I own one. The second best horn for this repertoire is a 3-valve compensating euph, which does not have the problems with the C and B nat as does the non-comp, and since you can play G and D with 3rd valve alone in tune, is not sharp on these notes as is a 4-valve Euph using 1+2, as 3rd valve still has to be pulled long to get 2+3 in tune. If a player plays moderate difficulty band repertoire that is common with many community bands, and does not play anything below f at the bottom of the bass clef, then my answer is: neither (the comp Euph being referred to as a 4-valve comp Euph).
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The Kaiser Baritone style Euphoniums often have a 5th valve that helps have a full chromatic (out of tune) series. Also the non compensator would not have a B Natural at all. But, the notes do exist, and they are definitely more in tune than when using a non compensating 4 valve euphonium. The Db, C, and B natural would all be sharp, with B natural being the most sharp. In concert pitch, the F, E, Eb, and D would be in tune.
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This is most of the top tier pro euphoniums now have the main tuning slide trigger. It's chromatic, but definitely not in tune.
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Perhaps more significant for Eb tuba, where you might care about those notes more. bloke has written at some length, with pictures, on the compromises need if you really want to go there. The 4V system adds tubing to 1/2/3 when used individually with 4, but when you start combining 1/2/3, along with 4, you again fall short of the full required tubing length. Donn wrote:Is that true, 4V Blaikley hands you a perfectly in tune full octave? It seems to me that this is asking too much - you'd need to combine the 4V and 3V systems, in principle, to get there.