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JonathanHoehn
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 Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:46 pm Post subject: Modular Mouthpieces |
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I play a 5piece modular Harrelson mouthpiece. I like it because it allows me to play classical and lead with the same rim shape, and only a couple quick changes otherwise.
Just wondering if anyone else has had similar thoughts?
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Brassnose
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I play modular pieces (AR Resonance) as well but don’t typically unscrew and re-screw them for different situations. Rather I have one backbore/top combo (that I leave together) for orchestra/all around and another one I use for C/lead/high stuff. That’s easier for me.
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stuartissimo
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| Brassnose wrote: | | I play modular pieces (AR Resonance) as well but don’t typically unscrew and re-screw them for different situations. Rather I have one backbore/top combo (that I leave together) for orchestra/all around and another one I use for C/lead/high stuff. That’s easier for me. |
Pretty much the same for me. I’ve found the combinations I prefer, so I have little need to swap them out. Reversing the cup/backbore combinations for my shallow and orchestral trumpet mouthpiece combinations results in mouthpieces that play much worse.
I actively ‘switch out’ my flugel-like deep-V cup between trumpet and cornet backings though, and as I only have 1 cornet backbore (which I use for my flugel as well), I occasionally combine it with the cups I use on my trumpet mouthpieces. That’s about the only thing I ‘hotswap’ during performances, and it happens infrequently.
Being able to swap parts is nice, and it was useful for experimentation, but after a while it just settled into specific combinations.
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Dayton
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I also prefer modular: Two-piece, in my case. I have a rim size I like, and have several acrylic cups in that rim size, and several backbores. That gives me all the options I need for whatever I am playing on whatever horn I am using: Bb, C, cornet, picc. [I have a couple of one-piece mouthpieces for flugelhorn.]
I did briefly play a Harrelson 5MM mouthpiece, which was his first modular design. Very cool concept, and very well manufactured. I found that I didn't want/need all that customization and didn't like the added mass. |
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