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GordonH · 03-31-2008, 11:23 AM

My question would be why do you need a smaller mouthpiece?

If I had small lips I would gladly play ona smaller mouthpiece but it just doesnt work for me.

I have big lips and even with my embouchure "fixed" so my aperture is small, I need a larger mouthpiece to keep the edges off the red of my lips and on the muscle.

I did use a Schilke 20 for a while years ago but mainly I used a Bach 1 and then downsized to the Monette 1-5. I have tried 3c and that size of rim did work but I did not have as much endurance as on the larger rim.
I also use a yamaha 16c4 occasionally, which is rather like a Bach 1 1/2c or a Monette 2.

03-31-2008, 11:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
GordonH Mezzo Piano User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 629	Re: can u adjust to a mouthpiece? My question would be why do you need a smaller mouthpiece? If I had small lips I would gladly play ona smaller mouthpiece but it just doesnt work for me. I have big lips and even with my embouchure "fixed" so my aperture is small, I need a larger mouthpiece to keep the edges off the red of my lips and on the muscle. I did use a Schilke 20 for a while years ago but mainly I used a Bach 1 and then downsized to the Monette 1-5. I have tried 3c and that size of rim did work but I did not have as much endurance as on the larger rim. I also use a yamaha 16c4 occasionally, which is rather like a Bach 1 1/2c or a Monette 2. __________________ "O trumpeter, methinks I am myself the instrument thou playest, Thou melt'st my heart, my brain--thou movest, drawest, changest them at will;" (Walt Whitman)