samdaman

Hey Shooter,
My 2 cents on the subject... try out everthing and find out what's right for you. I play on a Yamaha Bobby Shew Flugel (Like butter... mmm) and a Gr 67FL. I have been playing Flugel for a couple of years now and I was always playing on a Bach 1 1/2 C (My trumpet mouthpiece is a 1 1/4 C). Switching between trumpet and flugel were always a pain in the butt because of this. I tried out a GR (Same rim size as my trumpet piece) at West Chester University's Trumpet Fest and I loved it. I got one and played on it for a couple of days here... I still love it. So... all that to say this: Stick with your trumpet mouthpiece rim for your flugel mouthpiece, but I wouldn't get the largest cup possible. The 1 1/2 C had a huge cup to it (Kitchen sink big...) and when I switched to the GR (it still had a semi big cup... but not as big as the Bach) I still had the flugel sound that I loved in the Bach. I also gained some endurance by having a more managble cup depth. Find a mouthpiece that works for you with the same rim as your trumpet mouthpiece and then go and check out the horns. Try out as many horns as you can!!!! Let me say this again... TRY OUT AS MANY HORNS AS YOU CAN!!!! Flugels are a very interesting breed of horn. Go into the store with a tone and and expectation of what you want the horn to sound like and blow like. Then find the flugel that comes the closest to your expectations. Well there you have it.

Ok... so it was a little bit more then 2 cents... let's call it 10 cents :).

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-Sam Tate

-Bach 43LR Reverse Lead
-Benge 90C Trumpet
-Gold Schilke E3L Eb/D
-Yahmaha 6310Z Bobby Shew Flugel
-Warburton 3 series and a GR67FL

When in doubt, go with the FLOW... it's all about the flow... musical line and tone production :)

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