Wooden Mouthpieces

entle · 02-05-2008, 11:27 PM

Hey, i saw a wooden mouthpiece the other day and i was wondering how that is with like... the moisture from playing and what the purpose is...

eskimojoe · 02-06-2008, 02:39 AM

sounds interesting. never tried one, but it's supposed to give a very warm tone. almost makes a trumpet sound like a flugel

JustinSmith · 02-06-2008, 03:26 AM

I have one in my massive box of mouthpieces i don't play. It is a Maurice Benterfa (MB) - Wood cup 1/2 (1 1/2 size) . i used to play this mouthpiece on Eb trumpet. I feel it has a real warm tone, almost like it has a lot less of the higher overtones in the sound. Keep an eye on the classified, you may see it there soon.

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rowuk · 02-06-2008, 05:06 AM

It wood have to be made out of a very inert wood to keep the dimensions from changing during play. The idea of the throat and backbore shrinking a half hour into a concert does not appeal to me.
The second thought is bacteria nesting in this natural product..........

commakozzi · 02-06-2008, 07:43 AM

Yeah, I've seen them. Some guys from France brought them over when they came to my school many years ago. They feel very strange.

Sterling · 02-06-2008, 08:25 AM

I took a lesson in the mid 1980's with Anthony Plog at the Keystone Brass Conference. He played one of those Benterfa mouthpieces. They looked cool, came in different exotic hardwoods. I never got up the courage to get one, though.

GordonH · 02-06-2008, 08:40 AM

The backbore is metal I think.
I thought they used the same thread as the warburton tops.
I could be wrong though.

bw3 · 02-06-2008, 08:55 AM

Not quite the same thing, but I know that Alpen horns typically use wooden mouthpieces. I believe they are made of beech wood.

For trumpet, I think it would be an attention getter having a wood mouthpiece but I have to believe that the sound would suffer.

GordonH · 02-06-2008, 09:02 AM

Stomvi used to make wooden bells for their screw bell trumpets.

bw3 · 02-06-2008, 09:15 AM

I just located one other wood mouthpiece vendor:

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02-05-2008, 11:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
entle New Friend Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 17	Wooden Mouthpieces Hey, i saw a wooden mouthpiece the other day and i was wondering how that is with like... the moisture from playing and what the purpose is...

02-06-2008, 02:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
eskimojoe Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 622	Re: Wooden Mouthpieces sounds interesting. never tried one, but it's supposed to give a very warm tone. almost makes a trumpet sound like a flugel __________________ Michael stock - 180-37

02-06-2008, 03:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
JustinSmith Piano User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NYC, in Europe for summer Posts: 250	Re: Wooden Mouthpieces I have one in my massive box of mouthpieces i don't play. It is a Maurice Benterfa (MB) - Wood cup 1/2 (1 1/2 size) . i used to play this mouthpiece on Eb trumpet. I feel it has a real warm tone, almost like it has a lot less of the higher overtones in the sound. Keep an eye on the classified, you may see it there soon. Mouthpieces made of precious wood __________________ Justin J. Smith When people believe in boundaries, they become part of them.......Don Cherry Last edited by JustinSmith; 02-06-2008 at 03:29 AM.

02-06-2008, 05:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,228	Re: Wooden Mouthpieces It wood have to be made out of a very inert wood to keep the dimensions from changing during play. The idea of the throat and backbore shrinking a half hour into a concert does not appeal to me. The second thought is bacteria nesting in this natural product.......... __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

02-06-2008, 07:43 AM	#5 (permalink)
commakozzi Pianissimo User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 218	Re: Wooden Mouthpieces Yeah, I've seen them. Some guys from France brought them over when they came to my school many years ago. They feel very strange.

02-06-2008, 08:25 AM	#6 (permalink)
Sterling Pianissimo User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Marcellus, NY Posts: 132	Re: Wooden Mouthpieces I took a lesson in the mid 1980's with Anthony Plog at the Keystone Brass Conference. He played one of those Benterfa mouthpieces. They looked cool, came in different exotic hardwoods. I never got up the courage to get one, though.

02-06-2008, 08:40 AM	#7 (permalink)
GordonH Mezzo Piano User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 600	Re: Wooden Mouthpieces The backbore is metal I think. I thought they used the same thread as the warburton tops. I could be wrong though. __________________ "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)

02-06-2008, 08:55 AM	#8 (permalink)
bw3 New Friend Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 9	Re: Wooden Mouthpieces Not quite the same thing, but I know that Alpen horns typically use wooden mouthpieces. I believe they are made of beech wood. For trumpet, I think it would be an attention getter having a wood mouthpiece but I have to believe that the sound would suffer. __________________ Bob

02-06-2008, 09:02 AM	#9 (permalink)
GordonH Mezzo Piano User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 600	Re: Wooden Mouthpieces Stomvi used to make wooden bells for their screw bell trumpets. __________________ "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)

02-06-2008, 09:15 AM	#10 (permalink)
bw3 New Friend Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 9	Re: Wooden Mouthpieces I just located one other wood mouthpiece vendor: Page Title __________________ Bob

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