Favorite Mouthpiece You Own

BobD · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:38 pm Post subject:

I've been hunting around a bit but keep coming back to an older, maybe late 60's, Bach 7C and the Bobby Shew Jazz.

Definitely something different between the Jazz and the Bach 3C I have. I can play much more comfortably over the staff on the Shew vs the Bach 3C.
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Adams/ACB collaborative
Yamaha Shew Jazz and Bach 7C

Winghorn · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 4:11 pm Post subject:

I have played and enjoyed my Bach Mt. Vernon 1 1/2C mouthpieces (matching cornet and trumpet versions) for many years. To me, their sound and response are superior to any other mouthpieces I have tried. Except...

I am really liking the AR Resonance trumpet mouthpiece I recently purchased. I don't know if it will replace my Mt. Vernons, but I am having a lot of fun!

The best sounding trumpet mouthpiece I ever owned was a Mt. Vernon Bach 3C. So much color and texture to the sound!

I loaned it to the Principal Trumpet of a major symphony orchestra and when I got it back, it had been converted to a screw-rim that played nothing like the original.

Aaaarrrrgggghhhh........

spitvalve · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:23 pm Post subject:

Stomvi Flex 3FVR with J6 backbore, threaded by K.O. to use my Warburton #4 rim, 3.5 coupler. Works great on both of my Bb trumpets.
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1991 Bach LR180 ML 37S
1999 Getzen Eterna 700S
1979 Getzen Eterna 895S Flugelhorn
1969 Getzen Capri cornet
Eastlake Benge 4PSP piccolo trumpet
Warburton and Stomvi Flex mouthpieces

giakara · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:32 am Post subject:

One of my Purviance I have , a 4☆3 in mint condition made by the hands of the old man , the sound and the feel is unbeatable.
And mabe a 6☆3 handmade by Bob Reeves for the 50 years of the company, he made 50 pieces and my has the #28 number.

Regards
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Lawler TL5-1A Bb 2015
Lawler TL6-1A Bb 2004
Lawler TL5-1A Bb 2003
Getzen eterna 910 C
Getzen eterna 850 cornet
Selmer Paris 3 valve picc
Yamaha 731 flugel
Carol mini pocket
Reeves/Purviance mpcs

cgaiii · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:41 am Post subject:

I thought I had settled mouthpiece questions. I had three trumpet mouthpieces that I used depending on the horn and situation, really two of them getting the most time. A Bach 1.5C with the throat bored out to 26 and a Bach 1.5C Symphonic, 26 throat, 24 backbore. That was until I wanted an acrylic mouthpiece to play in the cold outdoors. After discussions with Josh at ACB, I got their symphonic backbore with a 1.25 Symphonic top. When I tested it out, I liked the way it played on multiple horns, so I got a metal 1.25 symphonic top. Have really been enjoying it recently. It has got me thinking about experimenting a bit more. The softer rim makes it feel smaller than my 1.5Cs, so I might try larger. Good grief, it is endless!
I will not discuss the ongoing saga of natural trumpet mouthpieces, but I think I have at least the type there, now just working with sizes.
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Bb: Schilke X3L AS SP, Yamaha YTR-6335S
C: Schilke CXL, Kanstul 1510-2
Picc: Kanstul 920
Bb Bugle: Kanstul
Bb Pocket: Manchester Brass
Flugel: Taylor Standard
Bass Trumpet: BAC Custom
Natural Tr: Custom Haas replica by Nikolai Mänttäri Morales

Dale Proctor · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:56 am Post subject:

cgaiii · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:13 pm Post subject:

Grits Burgh · Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 5:17 pm Post subject:

Curry 3C. Very comfortable rims. Great sound. Agile and versatile.

The Curry 3fld is a great flugelhorn mp. It sounds fluffy and has the same comfortable rim as its trumpet counterpart.
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Schilke HC 1
Getzen 3810 C Cornet
King Master Bb Cornet (1945)
B&S 3145 Challenger I Series Flugelhorn
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Yamahaguy · Heavyweight Member Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 3992

All of my Greg Black pieces, I've got the right tool for any gig...(remember those?)
And a few nice collectables- old Bachs, original Purviance, Al Cass, & Jet-tones

babyfacechulo · Regular Member Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Posts: 45

i love my trustworthy bach 20c

blbaumgarn · Heavyweight Member Joined: 26 Jul 2017 Posts: 705

For me it was a Bach 1c my teacher had me get in about 1963. Big, round sound and plenty flexible. Looking back on it 13 yrs. old may have been pretty young to play that piece, but I used it for years. and I am reminded I need to find it in my apartment as I don't carry it in my case anymore.
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there is one that lives to lay waste to woodwinds and strings, leaving them lie blue and lifeless along a swath of destruction that is a
trumpeter's fury-then there is the dark side!" Irving Bush

dershem · Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:29 am Post subject:

All of my mouthpieces are custome Marcinkiewicz's... except for t4he cornet piece, which was done for me by Doug Meeuwsen (Lipshurt), whoc took my Marcink trumpet piece and duplicated it, then made one on a cornet blank and deepened it just enough.
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Marcinkiewicz Mic G. trumpet, Custom Marcinkiewicz mpc. (Among others)
Marcinkiewicz Rembrandt flugel, Benge 8Z cornet, King 2B, Bach 36, Benge 190, Getzen 3062... many more. All Marc. mouthpieces.

delano · Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 2:54 am Post subject:

I own about 40 (50? I did not count them) mouthpieces for trumpet, cornet and flügelhorn and every now and then another one is my favorite, so: sorry.

plunkett · Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:25 am Post subject:

Monette B4S - searched for a long time and ended up with this... Maybe the Monette hype is well-deserved?

Pat
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Bryant Jordan · Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:16 am Post subject:

Pat, I played a B4S S2 (Res. Prana blank) for a few years. Really nice piece. Wonderful sound.

scottfsmith · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:31 am Post subject:

My current favorite I designed myself .. I am a mouthpiece hacker

It is quite funky with a #9 throat and a very deep very narrow bowl.

My next favorite is a Monette B6DS1. I have a love/hate of this mouthpiece, the tone I don't like a lot and it sometimes feels stuffy but man it gets the notes out!

GR65MX is also very sweet, this mouthpiece is super efficient.

I also have a collection of cheap eBay oddities just for fun, it is fascinating the bizarre things someone tried at some point. I would say my favorite in that pile is a Martin 9. The Martin mouthpieces were way ahead of their time, not sure why nobody talks about them. I think Monette may have copied some of it as it has the exact same throat size and overall length as my Monette.
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Thane Standard Large Bb / Monette Unity B6-7M mpc
Lots of vintage trumpets and mouthpieces

Seymor B Fudd · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:53 am Post subject:

Has to be my old Bach 1 1/4 C (1970). Trumpet version, cornet version.
Why? My dealer told me it would be just fine for my King trumpet (1970).
Switched to Schilke - variations of 14 - around mid 1990s. Reasons for this unclear.....however I seem to like the Schilke standard rim better.
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Cornets:
Getzen Custom Series Schilke 143D3/ DW Ultra 1,5 C
Getzen 300 series
Yamaha YCRD2330II
Yamaha YCR6330II
Getzen Eterna Eb
Trumpets:
Yamaha 6335 RC Schilke 14B
King Super 20 Symphony DB (1970)
Selmer Eb/D trumpet (1974)

Claude1949 · Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 1:12 pm Post subject:

Blessing #13 My all-time favorite & I have 200+
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kevin_soda · Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:19 pm Post subject:

drboogenbroom · Heavyweight Member Joined: 16 Apr 2004 Posts: 697

Trumpet Chops Tri-Cup. I think Lee Adams designed it. Need to get it replated and duplicated. Fantastic, versatile smaller piece.

Kevin
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