The best mouthpiece for any trumpet

[kerouack]

Can a mouthpiece design be the best for any trumpet model ?

[Dayton]

Do you mean can one mouthpiece be best (for you) for all trumpet models? If so, I'd say "no." There are a number of reasons, but an easy one is that there is variation in mouthpiece receivers from manufacturer to manufacturer (and even from model to model). So your favorite mouthpiece will not always be at a consistent gap from trumpet model to trumpet model.

For example, I had a Bach Artisan 3C with a shank tapered such that it sat loosely in some of my horns -- literally unplayable -- and perfectly in others.

[Brassnose]

Let the fighting start In contrast to Dayton I’d say, yes, there can be such a mouthpiece. I have drastically reduced my mouthpiece stable and am down to four (trumpet) pieces left, out of which I really only use two, out of which there is one that I do use for everything on every trumpet I played so far (piston, rotary, lightweight, heavy(ish), Bb, C, …). It works from classical & orchestra all the way to jazz and commercial stuff. The single one situation my #2 comes out is when I have to play very loud, very high, and whatnot for hours (which I basically never need to do nowadays).

However, this is extremely personal and may not apply to every trumpet player. Plus I’m only an amateur hack, so what do I know
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2019 Martin Schmidt eXcellence
1992 Bach 43GH/43
1989 Kühnl & Hoyer Model 15 flugel
1980/2023 Custom Blessing Scholastic C 😎
1977 Conn 6B
1951 Buescher 400 Lightweight
AR Resonance, Frate, Klier

[JWG]

I would argue that it depends on your situation.

If you desire no variation in your sound palette and gain no advantage by using different mouthpieces on different horns, then a single mouthpiece can work for any trumpet you use.

However, most players desire a broad and variable sound palette and chose the right "tools," i.e., mouthpiece and horn combination, for the job.

This seems especially true in orchestral and similar classical settings where a trumpet player may need to adjust one's equipment to blend in when performing any of five centuries of music genres.
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Flip Oakes Wild Thing Bb and C with 1.5 TCC, XT, C, C-O, O, & L mouthpieces
Bach 183S (undersprung valves & straight taper pipe) with 1.5 Flip Oakes XF

[Brassnose]

Let’s just say I desire sound variations and I can achieve that by approaching the instrument differently. Moreover, my main piece sounds very different on the rotary vs a lead horn.
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2019 Martin Schmidt eXcellence
1992 Bach 43GH/43
1989 Kühnl & Hoyer Model 15 flugel
1980/2023 Custom Blessing Scholastic C 😎
1977 Conn 6B
1951 Buescher 400 Lightweight
AR Resonance, Frate, Klier

[stuartissimo]

[Bill Ortiz]

Depends on the player-some use different mouthpieces for different horns sone don't. I use on mouthpiece on different horns, but will use different gap sleeves to account for differences in the receiver and in how the horn plays.
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'56 Martin Committee Deluxe #2 trumpet
14B Schilke mouthpiece
Couesnon Paris flugelhorn
Bob Reeves Sleeves and PVA

[Louise Finch]

[kerouack]

From my experience, Bach mouthpieces don't perfectly work in Yamaha trumpets, also my GR mouthpieces dont perfectly work in my Yamaha trumpet.
It is completely clear that the yamaha mouthpiece that i have, even not been the diameter i usually use, not the rim, not even the cup i usually use, works A LOT better in my Yamaha trumpet .


I never used gap sleeves. Yes, that could be a complete or partial solution.


Dayton perfectly got my point, thats what i mean. I dont mean using just " one mouthpiece", but just " one basic design ", that can have different rims or cups to change your sound so really be 3 mouthpieces.

I agree with Dayton.


My point is, can a GR or monette or Lotus or AR or picket or Reeves or any other mouthpiece, for example, be GREAT in a Bach trumpet and ALSO great in a Yamaha trumpet ? or they have to make a compromise to work just fine in both ?

[Louise Finch]

[kerouack]

Thank you, and what about other horn brands ?
Is Yamaha the only one that needs " something special " to be done in the mouthpiece ?
All brands use exactly same design of receiver except Yamaha ?

[Louise Finch]

[Chickynuggie]

I completely second JWG on this. I use a Klier in my rotary, Schilke in my picc., 3CVR Davinci (Stomvi) in my Bb, 3CVR 5 Stomvi in my C, lately I’ve been using a Benterfa in my D trumpet, so on.

The Klier is a great mouthpiece for rotary, but if I’m not in excellent shape it can feel too big. The Schilke is great for high register work but very bright. The Davinci is perfect for my Bb, but the 5 resonated differently in the C. The Benterfa cuts out a lot of the higher harmonics allowing my D to sound closer to the bigger horns, but intonation/slotting is better and the fingerings aren’t as clunky (looking at you, end of Brahms 2…).
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[kerouack]

A list of which mouthpieces fits perfect in a Bah receiver and which fit perfect in a Yamaha receiver (and may be other like Kanstul and Schilke ) could be useful.

[ldwoods]

[Louise Finch]