musicalmason

a day or two, sheeshe I can afford that, I must be reading to many monette catalogs, I was thinking about 3 weeks

Welk

I am one of those that can'T stand Shilke's rim. Therereally too wide and so flat, how can you have range with that? No flexibility at all, no freedom!

I prefer definitly round rim like the bach one ( you're never fooled with one of those) But I currently use a Stock Vacchiano 4C and I love the feel of the rim. Really comfortable and does not cut the blood circulation!

tomlemay

I play on the GR Skyrocket model (Improved version of the late Bud Brisbois mouthpiece which was close to a Bach 10 1/2C ). I also play on the GR Skyrocket flugel horn piece, too. Mine are both in gold plate as I have found gold plating more advantageous since I am a wet embouchure type of player. The gold plating feels more slippery on wet chops. kurt & Roddy roductions is responsible for bringing the Skyrocket into production and GR manufactures the mouthpiece.

The Skyrocket provides great support in the high register while also providing a ncie rich low register. For me, the best of all worlds. I don't like Bachs since their inner rims feel way too sharp on my lips and I did not like their rounded rims. I like old Rudy Muck cushioned rim mouthpieces, too. I personally believe in playing on the smallest mouthpiece you can comfortably play on.

kdawg

I've discovered quite a bit recently about the whole flat vs round and how it pertains to me. While using a flatter rim, you are able to use more pressure without realizing it. And after a hard week of playing on my flat rimmed mouthpiece, I was left with quite a bit of swelling and maybe a bruise on my top lip. I think a flat rimmed mouthpiece may seem to aid endurance, but really it just allows you to use more pressure to accomadate the loss of it (i hope that made sense). Well after that week, I realized that I was using way too much pressure, and the flat rim was allowing me to do it. (also I was "muscling" and the flat rim helped that too). I decided to change to a rounder rim, and I started messin around on my GR 65MX. I wasn't using as much pressure, and it seemed to "hold" my chops together better. To make the story short, I ended up with a GR 64S. I had another pretty hard week, and I found I was leaving rehearsals and pep band with more endurance than I started.
I've found out that if I want to make my playing last, and not permanetly injure myself, I need to go with a rounder rim. (this is all just what works for me, each person will be different)