Parduba Flugelhorn Mouthpiece in a Large Shank Flugel

[lopesfelix]

Parduba is a small morse mouthpiece. Has someone tried using it in Large morse Flugel? How was that? Huge or insignificant impact?

[Halflip]

I'm guessing that it may not even fit snugly in the receiver -- the mouthpiece 'collar' may hit the end of the receiver before the shank is tightly in place. (I don't have a Parduba, but I do have a small morse flugel piece that I tried in the large morse receiver of one of my Yamaha flugelhorns.)
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[CaptPat]

There's a guy on YouTube who puts a wrap or two of cellophane tape on his small shank mouthpieces to use them in a large bore horn, seems to work for him. YMMV
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[iiipopes]

Not on the mouthpiece referenced, but I have, as a stopgap (pun intended), used the cellophane tape on mouthpieces I otherwise liked to see what it would do. When I found the sweet spot for tone and intonation, I would take my micrometer and measure the difference. I would then order a mouthpiece with the larger shank tip diameter. I especially did this on the Curry 3BBC on my Globe Stamp 921 Sov. My Wick 4B is @5 thou larger tip than Curry standard. So I asked Mark to make me a 3BBC and a 3TC with the larger shank. All fitment, stuffiness, and other issues were resolved. Another was an old trumpet mouthpiece I inherited, a Blessing 13, which had a proprietary shank of a narrower taper than now-Bach-standard. I had it re-shanked for sentimental reasons.

Since the Parduba only comes in one shank size, there are several shops out there that can mill and re-sleeve mouthpieces.
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[nieuwguyski]

I have played a Bach flugelhorn mouthpiece in a large morse flugel for decades. I tried mouthpieces with the correct taper, but always went back to the Bach.

Even when I played (for over 20 years) a different brand of mouthpiece on Bb, C, and D trumpets and cornet, and bought a flugelhorn mouthpiece of the same brand, with the same rim, and the correct shank... I went back to the Bach with the "wrong" shank.

Mark Curry now makes flugelhorn mouthpieces with a "universal" shank that fits large and small morse receivers, as well as straight French receivers. I'm currently playing Curry mouthpieces and wouldn't hesitate to buy one of his universal-shank flugel mouthpieces, except I'm still happy with the mouthpiece I have.

I've had some Parduba trumpet mouthpieces in the past and I suspect a Parduba flugel mouthpiece will snug up in a large morse receiver just fine. If it does, try it out and see how it works for you.
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