Monette trumpet mouthpieces to Conventional Flugel piece

mrhighnotes · Regular Member Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 16

I'm having trouble getting back my focus(on the monette prana) after playing on a conventional Flugel Mouthpiece. Any brands of Flugel mouthpieces that are affordable that have a similar concept to the monette pieces? I will eventually get a monette piece but need a solution to get me down the road a bit. Anyone who plays the PRANA's have some suggestions?

JAZZ-PLAYER-COLLECTOR · Heavyweight Member Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 1154

Ask Dave to make you a mpc with the exact same diameter and rim as you're use to (the current conventional wisdom seem to dictate this) with a deep, deep flumpety type cup. Just make sure the shank size is right for your flugel. (He may actually simply make you an outright flugel mpc too.)

To tell you the truth, personally I'd want the cup diameter to be a bit larger for my flugel than my trumpet, just make sure to play both horns regularly. Its playing your flugel exclusively for too long that gets your trp chops screwed up!!

Also, mrhighnotes, if you're a screamer, it may be very hard to play both horns at all, especially if your primary mpc is pretty shallow. If you do manage it, you may have to compromize a bit, and settle for a flugel tone kinda like Maynard's, which never really was a flugel tone at all. But hey, if you can play trumpet like Maynard, who cares about your flugeling anyway?!!

Whatever you do, though, play both consistently... Tom in Texas
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jophst · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:26 am Post subject: Flugel Mouthpiece Problem

I myself used to play on the 4 family of Monette's where my B4 and C4 were Prana's. I also had the B4FLG for my Yamaha Flugelhorn. The fact that one was Prana and the other wasn't didn't affect my playing whatsoever. However, I don't play flugel near as much as I do trumpet. Keep in mind that the flugel requires a different style of playing as well as air support. So, mouthpiece selection is only part of the game.

Since you have Prana mouthpieces on your trumpets, and it sounds as though you like them, I would recommend you speak to the guys at Kanstul about haveing them make you a Prana replica for your flugelhorn. You can get the same mouthpiece for more than half the price I believe. I can honestly say though that out of all the Monette mouthpieces I have played, I didn't care much for the flugel Monette mouthpiece.
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nextbrassguy · Heavyweight Member Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 1428

mrhighnotes · Regular Member Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 16

Hey Guys,
I went ahead and modified my Flugel piece to have the same throat as my PRANA piece. The tool I used also had a bit of taper which kept the throat from getting longer. Wow what a surprise. I was switching back and forth all night with no loss of focus. While I will eventually end up with a Monette flugel piece this will allow me to play without missing a beat.
Thanks for the replies.
Highnotes out.