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joshuasullins · 11-28-2005, 03:59 PM

I think there is going to be a fair amount of discussion on this... just a prediction.

I can offer my personal opinion. I play mostly jazz and big band, occasionally I do church gigs... I play a lot of commercial stuff (top 40, rock, whatever). I switched mouthpieces like you wouldn't believe in college. I had like 4 different mouthpieces that I used on a weekly basis, if not daily. My teacher at the time was Allen Vizzutti, and he made me see how absurd that was. He uses one mouthpiece. Every recording you have ever heard him make, he has used the same shape, cup, etc. The only difference has been who makes it. It is a pretty shallow mouthpiece, and this segueways to my point and the relevance of my dilemna to your situation. I discovered that what you need to do is to play on the shallowest mouthpiece you can use without sacrificing too much sound quality. The hard part is making the mouthpiece give a full range of overtones and a full sound.

Just my opinion, but there are a lot of pros who use smaller equipment. Go with what you are comfortable with!

V/R
Joshua

11-28-2005, 03:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
joshuasullins Pianissimo User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Newport, RI Posts: 80	I think there is going to be a fair amount of discussion on this... just a prediction. I can offer my personal opinion. I play mostly jazz and big band, occasionally I do church gigs... I play a lot of commercial stuff (top 40, rock, whatever). I switched mouthpieces like you wouldn't believe in college. I had like 4 different mouthpieces that I used on a weekly basis, if not daily. My teacher at the time was Allen Vizzutti, and he made me see how absurd that was. He uses one mouthpiece. Every recording you have ever heard him make, he has used the same shape, cup, etc. The only difference has been who makes it. It is a pretty shallow mouthpiece, and this segueways to my point and the relevance of my dilemna to your situation. I discovered that what you need to do is to play on the shallowest mouthpiece you can use without sacrificing too much sound quality. The hard part is making the mouthpiece give a full range of overtones and a full sound. Just my opinion, but there are a lot of pros who use smaller equipment. Go with what you are comfortable with! V/R Joshua __________________ trumpet: Flip Oaked Wind Thing in gold plate, #1 Tuning Slide piece: Monette PRANA BL3 Flugel: Yamaha 631, Rose brass bell (I really want a Flip Oakes Flugel... putting together the cash)