crowmadic

I can't recall the maker of a mouthpiece system where you can interchange the components of one mouthpiece. Does anyone know what I'm talking about, and who the maker is? Does anyone know about the pluses and minuses of such a mouthpiece?

Richard Oliver

Crow, many mouthpiece manufacturers will do this for you: Bach, Schilke, Stork, Giardinelli, Warburton, Reeves, Kanstul, Curry, bunches of them.

All the Best,

Richard Oliver

nieuwguyski

The biggest name in two-piece mouthpieces (separate cups and backbores) is Warburton. Kanstul makes two-piece mouthpieces too, and their tops and bottoms are interchangeable with Warburton. Not to say that most of the other mentioned manufacturers don't offer something similar...

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crowmadic

Thanks guys, but I was hoping for some pros and cons about the two-piece system also.

trumpet blower88

Pros: You can switch around mouthpieces and make all kinds of differant combinations depending on what you want to use for differat kinds of playing.

Cons: It will temp you to want to switch around mouthpieces and make all kinds of differant cominations depending on what you want to use for differant kinds of playing.

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Richard Oliver

Con: expense and thinking salvation can be found in the mouthpiece drawer.

Pro: expense and thinking salvation can be found in the mouthpiece drawer.

Regards,

Richard

Tootsall

Pro... it can really help you "dial in" to the perfect piece (and then you sell all the bits off on Ebay and buy "the perfect piece").

Con... When you trade your horn in for a different one you get to start allllll over again! (impedance and end-gap yano).

Pedal C

You might be thinking of the Stomvi mouthpiece that have a seperate rim, cup and shank. You can buy a set with a rim or two, several cups of various depth and trumpet and cornet shank.

Pro: If you happen to like the same rim on the big trumpet and piccolo trumpet, it's easy to do.

Con: It's a hassle two change them in and out, they might get stuck, and if they do get stuck, it'll be on a gig when you have to change often from Bb to piccolo!

Con II: It's expensive.

Pro II: If you've played on the same sizes for years, don't want to change, and simply want a new version of the same thing with some flexibility, thats what it'll provide.

Pro III: If you drop you mouthpiece and nick up the rim, you only have to replace the rim, not the whole thing.

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crowmadic

I'll have to visit these burden's of Warburton, i'm in the same state.......thanks for the encouragement fellas......

trumpetmike

I have found that I have settled on the Warburtons for most of my playing (on most instruments). I have got 2 of each top, so that if I am swapping between instruments I don't need to undo the tops and swap them over when changing instrument. With some brass ensemble repertoire requiring instrument changes within a bar or two, having to rebuild mouthpieces at the same time is just impractical.