Lovin Curry's

klipschfan4life · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:13 pm Post subject: Lovin Curry's

Just wanted to say how much I love Mark Curry's mouthpieces! I use a 1.5C for Wind symphony/orchestra stuff and the 40S for lead/jazz stuff. I absolutely love they Curry's. They are so comfortable, sound great and not too expensive either! I previously used Monette's as well as many other brands and I settled in with these pieces. I am very happy with them and would definitely recommend them to anyone.

Aaron

Froggynut · Heavyweight Member Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 591

I think they are amazing as well. I use a 1.5BC for Orchestra (Bflat, C) 1.5C 2/24 for my D and Im looking for one for my eflat any suggestions?

klipschfan4life · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: I agree

Froggynut · Heavyweight Member Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 591

I have done that. now comes the experimenting

klipschfan4life · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:00 pm Post subject: Re: done

benlewis · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:05 pm Post subject:

I have been very happy with the BlackJack Hitman mouthpieces that Mr. Curry has made for me. I currently have a 1.5C, 1.5M, a short-shank gold-plated 1.5C for my C trumpet, and a 1.5M cornet for piccolo, all in the Hitman blank. I also have a 1.5BC and a 1.5TF, as well as a 1.5FLM for flugel. He has been very easy to work with.

Additionally, I have found the Hitman 1.5M to be ideal for me as a commercial/lead mouthpiece, although I'm no lead player by any stretch of the imagination...

jazztrpt76 · Regular Member Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 59

I've been playing Curry's for the past 12 year. Though in between I tried going away with them but I always come back.

Mark really knows his stuff, him being an accomplished player himself!

oxleyk · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 4180

7BC, 7TC, 7TF, and Thai coconut shrimp with red curry.

Kent

TrumpetMD · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:18 pm Post subject: Re: I agree

Oncewasaplayer · Heavyweight Member Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 973

Curry mps work great--and they are very reasonably priced! What a concept!
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Froggynut · Heavyweight Member Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 591

Hey Ben! How do the Black Jack play compared to the regular? We use almost the same setup Curry with Larson!!!!!!!!OOOOHHHH YAAAA!

LFRoberts5 · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:02 pm Post subject:

I decided to expand my Curry collection....

Curry:
5BC
5C
5M
5DE
5XS
60M
5FLM
5TF
5TC
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benlewis · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:09 pm Post subject:

Froggy,

I feel the Hitman has a little more "zing" to the sound. I need this, as I have a naturally "woofy" sound. I especially like the short shank for the C on both my Larson GFT and Yamaha Chicago. Oddly enough, I haven't found a good Curry match for my Bach/Larson "S" pipe Eb. I'm using a Bach 1-1/2C 24/24 on it...

Froggynut · Heavyweight Member Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 591

So Ben we have the same problem. We are having the same problem finding the right Curry for the Larson/Bach Eflat. What about a 1.5M with a 24/24. Would that work?????? Or just a 1.5M?

benlewis · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:18 am Post subject:

Froggy,

You'd need to talk to Mark; I think that the larger throat/BB might throw a 1.5M out of balance. It could be a gap issue as well, as I was very happy with using a Monette E-3 on my Schilke E3L-4 (which I recently sold to a fellow TH'er in Italy), but it also did not work for me on the Larson. I need to talk with Ken re: a valve alignment; I'll ask him what he thinks and let you know...

DCB1 · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:44 am Post subject: Re: I agree

quincytrumpet · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:48 pm Post subject:

I think that Curry is a great mouthpiece maker... I like Curry, and Laskey... I own a Curry 1.5B which is a little too dark... I've also played on a Curry 5C, and boy that thing has a great orchestral sound for a 5C... Has anyone tried their "Hitman" bkanks? I'm interested in learning what some people think about them.

DCB1 · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject:

The Curry 600 series rims are great!

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Mark Curry · Heavyweight Member Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 1095

re: the Larson D

Guys, I'm not sure what is going to work on that horn.

I am currently making a short shank (3.1") 1.5M for one of my customers with the same horn. I'll have to let you know how that works.

This particular 1.5M will have the #2 (Chicago) backbore and a slighty smaller (#26) throat than the normal BC setup (#2, #24 throat) that works well with the BC cups on the larger (Bb, C) horns. I'm thinking that the shorter shank, smaller throat and more open backbore will help my customer play solo literature with a greater degree of control.

BTW, please don't call unless absolutely necessary. I'm starting a 2 month run of a Rat Pack show here in Reno so my time is compromised even more than usual. (I still love to play, and these shows give me a place to test my setup under fire).

I'll try to post more often here on TH. It's the best way to reach a large number of players.

OH!! and Thanks for the kind comments!!!

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crzytptman · Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:40 am Post subject: