Flugelhorn to trumpet mouthpeice adapter?

FutureBC · 10-26-2009, 05:52 PM

Does anybody know where I can get one of these?

Brian H. Smout · 10-26-2009, 06:09 PM

Hi,

Have you considered a Curry TF or TC in your mouthpiece size? They get a nice, rich less edgy sound than trumpet or cornet. The TF is supposed to be a trumpet shank with a flugelhorn cup and special back bore.

Cheers,

Brian

gchun · 10-27-2009, 02:10 AM

Bob Reeves makes them:

Bob Reeves Brass Mouthpieces - Flugel to Trumpet Adapter, "A" Adapter for Schilke Piccolo Trumpets, and Cornet to Trumpet Adapter.

Garry

ozboy · 10-27-2009, 03:55 AM

Playing flugel with a trumpet mouthpiece is a little pointless in my opinion. You use a different mouthpiece in order to achieve a different sound. Using a trumpet mouthpiece in a flugel will leave you in no-man's land. It takes a bit of practice, but you can get used to switching and getting the sound that you desire. I've yet to hear someone play flugel with a trumpet mouthpiece and get a decent sound.

DrDave · 10-27-2009, 04:44 PM

Getting an adaptor to play in tune could be a challenge. However, Monette, Curry, Warburton, GR, and Wedge (to name a few) do make mouthpieces with a flugel cup and trumpet shank that work quite well.
Cheers,
Dave

rettepnoj · 10-27-2009, 04:49 PM

nordlands here on TM makes them! Works really good

Dale Proctor · 10-27-2009, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozboy

Playing flugel with a trumpet mouthpiece is a little pointless in my opinion...

I think he's talking about the opposite - using a flugel mouthpiece in a trumpet. You can't go from larger shank to smaller with an adapter.

trumpetnick · 10-27-2009, 06:19 PM

Dale,

You can play a European shanked flugel with a trumpet mouthpiece. And east-european gypsies do that. Still pointless.

FutureBC,
Play a trumpet with a flugel mouthpiece it is not much better - I tried that both with a Curry TF and a standard DW flugel mouthpiece. First of all, I don't think that anyone would need an adaptor for that - I plugged my DW in the trumpet and though it goes too far in, it fits - what you need is to pull out the tuning slide to get a decent pitch - but still a headache for intonation. Secondly you don't get a flugel sound or any near it - it is just a mellow trumpet sound in the low and middle register - in the high register it is quite obvious that this is not a flugel. If you want a flumpet sound, get a flumpet. Though the Monette flumpet is quite pricey there is some other companies that makes flumpet for a more reasonable price.

Dale Proctor · 10-27-2009, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trumpetnick

...Play a trumpet with a flugel mouthpiece it is not much better...what you need is to pull out the tuning slide to get a decent pitch - but still a headache for intonation...

I agree. I used to have an old Olds cornet with the large mouthpiece receiver. A small Morse taper flugelhorn mouthpiece fit perfectly, and gave it a nice, rich cornet sound. What it didn't do, though, was play in tune. Intonation was terrible - one note sharp, the next one flat. Must have been a combination of the cup shape and backbore that didn't agree with that cornet.

D398R · 10-27-2009, 07:23 PM

I recently acquired an old Holton flugelhorn from a friend who passed and wanted me to have it. (no model #, serial #552***) The mouthpiece that was with it is a Holton, stamped: 7C, the cup shape is elongated like a typical flugelhorn, but the shank is cornet-size. I want to use a Bach 1-1/2 C flugelhorn mouthpiece, but it only goes in 3/8". The pipe it goes into has a different finish than the rest of the horn and there is no taper internally. Is this an 'adapter' for a cornet mouthpiece? What should I do to use the Bach flugelhorn mouthpiece?

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Brian H. Smout Pianissimo User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Swift Current, Sask. Canada Posts: 204	Re: Fleugelhorn to trumpet mouthpeice adapter? Hi, Have you considered a Curry TF or TC in your mouthpiece size? They get a nice, rich less edgy sound than trumpet or cornet. The TF is supposed to be a trumpet shank with a flugelhorn cup and special back bore. Cheers, Brian __________________ "Swift Current - where we're neither swift nor current"

10-27-2009, 02:10 AM	#3
gchun Pianissimo User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 153	Re: Fleugelhorn to trumpet mouthpeice adapter? Bob Reeves makes them: Bob Reeves Brass Mouthpieces - Flugel to Trumpet Adapter, "A" Adapter for Schilke Piccolo Trumpets, and Cornet to Trumpet Adapter. Garry

10-27-2009, 03:55 AM	#4
ozboy Piano User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 460	Re: Fleugelhorn to trumpet mouthpeice adapter? Playing flugel with a trumpet mouthpiece is a little pointless in my opinion. You use a different mouthpiece in order to achieve a different sound. Using a trumpet mouthpiece in a flugel will leave you in no-man's land. It takes a bit of practice, but you can get used to switching and getting the sound that you desire. I've yet to hear someone play flugel with a trumpet mouthpiece and get a decent sound. __________________ acousticbrew.biz

10-27-2009, 04:49 PM	#6
rettepnoj Piano User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Norway Posts: 472	Re: Fleugelhorn to trumpet mouthpeice adapter? nordlands here on TM makes them! Works really good __________________ Jon Petter Lindberg Selmer Concept TT Bach Strad. 197 NY, nr 203 Schilke S32 Yamaha YTR 6310Z Yamaha YTR 01 Conn Constelation GR and Schilke mouthpieces

10-27-2009, 04:44 PM	#5
DrDave Pianissimo User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 120	Re: Fleugelhorn to trumpet mouthpeice adapter? Getting an adaptor to play in tune could be a challenge. However, Monette, Curry, Warburton, GR, and Wedge (to name a few) do make mouthpieces with a flugel cup and trumpet shank that work quite well. Cheers, Dave __________________ Dave Harrison (Dr. Dave) www.wedgemouthpiece.com Blackburn Bb, C, Eb/D, Bb/C Pic, Bb/A Pic, Bb cornet Harreslons - 907L, 909 Bach 37, 908 Benge 90C Yamaha 635ST Flugel Wedge 5C, Wedge ML backbore A VERY understanding wife and more toys than talent

10-27-2009, 06:19 PM	#8
trumpetnick Forte User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Vidin, Bulgaria Posts: 1,890	Re: Fleugelhorn to trumpet mouthpeice adapter? Dale, You can play a European shanked flugel with a trumpet mouthpiece. And east-european gypsies do that. Still pointless. FutureBC, Play a trumpet with a flugel mouthpiece it is not much better - I tried that both with a Curry TF and a standard DW flugel mouthpiece. First of all, I don't think that anyone would need an adaptor for that - I plugged my DW in the trumpet and though it goes too far in, it fits - what you need is to pull out the tuning slide to get a decent pitch - but still a headache for intonation. Secondly you don't get a flugel sound or any near it - it is just a mellow trumpet sound in the low and middle register - in the high register it is quite obvious that this is not a flugel. If you want a flumpet sound, get a flumpet. Though the Monette flumpet is quite pricey there is some other companies that makes flumpet for a more reasonable price. __________________ Spada Bach B flat 72, leadpipe 2L/DWMM1.5C Spada Bach C 256, leadpipe 2LQ/DWMM1.5C 1956 Olds Ambassador Cornet Spada Custom Piccolo If you don't know where you are going, you 'll end up someplace else

10-27-2009, 07:23 PM	#10
D398R New Friend Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2	Re: Fleugelhorn to trumpet mouthpeice adapter? I recently acquired an old Holton flugelhorn from a friend who passed and wanted me to have it. (no model #, serial #552***) The mouthpiece that was with it is a Holton, stamped: 7C, the cup shape is elongated like a typical flugelhorn, but the shank is cornet-size. I want to use a Bach 1-1/2 C flugelhorn mouthpiece, but it only goes in 3/8". The pipe it goes into has a different finish than the rest of the horn and there is no taper internally. Is this an 'adapter' for a cornet mouthpiece? What should I do to use the Bach flugelhorn mouthpiece?

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