amazingmorris

I know what I want in a trumpet mouthpiece, but I just don’t know who makes it.
Please recommend a brand and model.

I have been playing a Denis Wick 4E for a few years.

I like the rim shape of the Wick 4E.
Although it’s been 30 years, I think I liked the rim of the Holton MF3 mouthpiece.
I hate Bach 7 rims, too sharp.
Schilke “4” rims are comfortable but they feel awkward to find proper placement because they feel a bit too wide.

The diameter should be no bigger than a Denis Wick 4E, and no smaller than a Bach 7.
(I realize that the Bach 7 feels smaller because of its inner bite, so maybe the Wick is the diameter / feel you get when you take the inner bite off a Bach 7?)
I’ve discovered that manufacturers’ diameter measurements are unreliable regarding how big the mouthpiece actually *feels*.

I cannot play a Schilke “A” cup because my lips bottom out in the too-shallow cup.
My lips just barely clear OK all the time in a Denis Wick 4E.
I like the cup of a Bach 7E because it gives maximum cup volume for the shallow depth, very “C” shaped whereas other brands’ shallow cups are more like a cross between a “C” shape and a “V” shape.

It would be nice to buy 2 mouthpieces that I could alternate between for ballads and high register, such as alternating between a Bach 7B and Bach 7E.

I cannot afford a mouthpiece that costs more than about $50.
Plain old silver is fine.
I play with wet embouchure and have tended to use a small amount of Vaseline on lips to lubricate during playing to eliminate a ton of spit accumulating in trumpet and wonder if that Vaseline will harm most mouthpiece finishes. (Is it normal for a mouthpiece finish to be going bad after only 5 or 6 years?)

So I guess it could be summed up as: I’m looking for a Bach 7B and a Bach 7E or slightly larger but with a Wick 4E rim or MF rim.
Nobody near me has Bach 3’s in stock but I suspect they are too large? And I don’t know what their rim shapes are.
How much bigger diameter than a Wick 4E would a Bach 3E be?

If you can recommend a mouthpiece brand and model I would greatly appreciate it.

- morris

BudBix

A Bach 3 or 5 rim isn't as sharp as the 7's and only a bit bigger. You may want to send all this info to the folks at http://www.grmouthpieces.com/ to get a more custom fit. They make a bazillon differnt combinations.

masterfulmusic29

Personally at this moment in time I play a 1.5 c Bach and it works great. Still if anybody finds the "Magic Bullet" you will be sure to pass it along to your comrades.
James

trpt2345

If you don't like the Schilke A's because they're too shallow but like the other characteristics of Schilkes, try a C or E.

Michael McLaughlin

Richard Oliver

You can request a Music Shop, like Chuck Levin's or Dillion's, to send you many mouthpieces and keep the one you want and return the rest.

Richard

Mikethedrumbum

The best advice i can give is to go along to a shop that specialises in mouthpieces, and ask the owner to try a few out until you find the one that suites you best.
Its taken me a month to find my new mouthpiece's which i am getting on brilliantly with.

I have a Marcinkiewicz E2 trumpet mouthpiece, and a warburton 3MD screw top for my cornet. All of which i have found through experimenting.

Hope that helped a little.

Solar Bell

That is going to be the hard part.

BTW,

Welcome to TrumpetMaster. Introduce yourself!

-cw-

KJaeger

I agree with Chuck, staying under $50 eliminates some options - for example GR (their mpcs run at least $140, stock).

One option would be to email those queries to Mark Curry - he could steer you in the right direction and his mpc specs are both similar to the Bachs and in that desired price range.

Just my 2c...

Scooter01

Parduba 6

trumpetnick

How about staying with Denis Wick? There is also the new Maurice Murphy Signature series? Have you tried them already? What kind of music are you playing=what kind of sound do you want to achieve? Richard's suggestion about trying mouthpiece at home then return the rest is a very reasonable. I got interested by MM Denis Wick srie and I am getting them to teste along with some piccolo mouthpieces. Hope that brass retailers around you can do this too.