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Man Of Constant Sorrow
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Did Kanstul fabricate the mouthpieces?
If so, where did the cutters end-up ?
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Man Of Constant Sorrow
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Ooops.
Upon reading the back pages of this thread, apparently Mark Curry made the Oakes 'pieces.
Am wondering if the mouthpieces were patented or trademarked in some way?
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| Man Of Constant Sorrow wrote: | Ooops.
Upon reading the back pages of this thread, apparently Mark Curry made the Oakes 'pieces.
Am wondering if the mouthpieces were patented or trademarked in some way? |
No. Flip did not have the kind of volume that would warrant or pay for those processes, nor for the legal fees needed to defend them. Also, Flip never developed products for the mainstream player. He always aimed to meet his own needs as a professional trumpet player believing that if something played well for him, it would play well for those who used his horns. That's why I have always found that his products provided me with a cohesive system that just worked.
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Another use I found for Flip's Xtreme flugel mouthpiece - is when I don't want to carry a real flugel to a gig and I'm carrying just a trumpet instead - is to get a flugel to trumpet mouthpiece adapter - and just carry the Xtreme mouthpiece and switch when needed, using the trumpet. The trumpet then sounds *much* more like a real flugel than using, say a GR FD or ACB hybrid mouthpiece, or using a GR FL or other flugel mouthpieces with said adapter and a trumpet.
It can make an otherwise fairly bright trumpet into a more mellow ballad horn... |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| drmayne wrote: | Another use I found for Flip's Xtreme flugel mouthpiece - is when I don't want to carry a real flugel to a gig and I'm carrying just a trumpet instead - is to get a flugel to trumpet mouthpiece adapter - and just carry the Xtreme mouthpiece and switch when needed, using the trumpet. The trumpet then sounds *much* more like a real flugel than using, say a GR FD or ACB hybrid mouthpiece, or using a GR FL or other flugel mouthpieces with said adapter and a trumpet.
It can make an otherwise fairly bright trumpet into a more mellow ballad horn... |
THAT is my suspicion. Exactly "what the doctor ordered", 
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| drmayne wrote: | Another use I found for Flip's Xtreme flugel mouthpiece - is when I don't want to carry a real flugel to a gig and I'm carrying just a trumpet instead - is to get a flugel to trumpet mouthpiece adapter - and just carry the Xtreme mouthpiece and switch when needed, using the trumpet. The trumpet then sounds *much* more like a real flugel than using, say a GR FD or ACB hybrid mouthpiece, or using a GR FL or other flugel mouthpieces with said adapter and a trumpet.
It can make an otherwise fairly bright trumpet into a more mellow ballad horn... |
It's also good if you have a slide trumpet/soprano trombone, and don't want it to sound like a garden hose.
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Does anybody know if the FO X tpt mouthpieces have the same diameter and rim geometries as the flugelhorn mpcs?
I have a FO X5 flugelhorn piece that fits me perfectly. I’m wondering if finding a FO X5 trumpet piece would be what I want (should I be lucky enough to find one), or if it’s not that simple
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I have both and they feel the same.
Edit: The rims feel the same. Obviously they are quite different in the cup. But, I have never found a reason to play them. It feels like they are made for Flip's playing, not for mine. YMMV.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:29 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Richard.
Yep. Just wondering about rim diameter and feel. I assumed cups would be different.
The FO X5 works perfect for me on my flugelhorn and matches my style and sound concept. I use a Curry TF on my trumpet and looking to fuzz it up further, so the FO X5 for tpt seems like a likely good tool to have in my kit.
Thanks again!
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1962 Conn 9A cornet (yes, the Unicorn )
Reynolds Onyx cornet
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1939 Martin Imperial Handcraft “Model 37”
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My FO Extreme trumpet mouthpiece has an 11 bore but otherwise is a normal C cup mouthpiece. No fuzz involved.
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| Richard III wrote: | | My FO Extreme trumpet mouthpiece has an 11 bore but otherwise is a normal C cup mouthpiece. No fuzz involved. |
Crazy, given the X designation, I would have assumed bigger deeper bowl in addition to larger throat. Good to know. Maybe my Curry TF is as deep and fuzzy as it gets for trumpet🤔
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1958 Conn 18A cornet
1962 Conn 9A cornet (yes, the Unicorn )
Reynolds Onyx cornet
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1939 Martin Imperial Handcraft “Model 37”
1986 Bach Strad 37 ML |
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| ConnArtist wrote: | | Richard III wrote: | | My FO Extreme trumpet mouthpiece has an 11 bore but otherwise is a normal C cup mouthpiece. No fuzz involved. |
Crazy, given the X designation, I would have assumed bigger deeper bowl in addition to larger throat. Good to know. Maybe my Curry TF is as deep and fuzzy as it gets for trumpet🤔 |
In my experience it is. Plus, it plays in tune and is everything I've wanted to get "that" kind of sound.
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| Richard III wrote: | | ConnArtist wrote: | | Richard III wrote: | | My FO Extreme trumpet mouthpiece has an 11 bore but otherwise is a normal C cup mouthpiece. No fuzz involved. |
Crazy, given the X designation, I would have assumed bigger deeper bowl in addition to larger throat. Good to know. Maybe my Curry TF is as deep and fuzzy as it gets for trumpet🤔 |
In my experience it is. Plus, it plays in tune and is everything I've wanted to get "that" kind of sound. |
10-4. Yeah, once I got the Curry TF about 15 years ago, I ended the safari with zero interest in looking further! Then this thread pops up and I discover a FO X exists for trumpet and got me thinking…
My father always did say that was a dangerous thing for me to do😅
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I play a FO 1X cornet mouthpiece. It originally came with a #16 bore on the throat but I opened the throat to a #14 (i.e. like the DW no letter mouthpieces) with a manual reamer. The extra width makes the tone even more mellow on my Getzen Deluxe cornet. The Flip Oaks is a phenomenal mouthpiece!
I didn't think it was possible to go larger than a #14 with major loss in stamina and physical control over the horn.
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| barryj1 wrote: | I play a FO 1X cornet mouthpiece. It originally came with a #16 bore on the throat but I opened the throat to a #14 (i.e. like the DW no letter mouthpieces) with a manual reamer. The extra width makes the tone even more mellow on my Getzen Deluxe cornet. The Flip Oaks is a phenomenal mouthpiece!
I didn't think it was possible to go larger than a #14 with major loss in stamina and physical control over the horn.
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I love my Yammie 9E for my cornet. Was just looking at that last night. Might buy another sacrificial one and try to open the throat a bit. I’ve plugged my FO X5 small morse into the cornet for kicks, but that’s taking it a bit TOO far
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1939 Martin Imperial Handcraft “Model 37”
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One thing I forgot to mention is that when I opened up the throat on my cornet mouthpiece to a #14 drill the horn became just a tad too free blowing and I wanted to restore the lost resistance. I did this by adding brass washers to the bottom of all three valve caps. The additional weight not only fixed the problem but also improved slotting and the ability to play down the pitch center of each note.
I know this sound quite nutty, but I currently have eleven washers sandwiched in the bottom of the valve caps. The slightest change in how the weight is distributed as well as the individual size of the washers can have a profoundly beneficial effect on both the tone and responsiveness of the instrument. This is something I have been experimenting with over quite a few years now.
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