Rudy Meinl 10. I switched to a Bayamo because it's quite a bit smaller and focuses the sound better. The RM10 is like sticking your face into a bird bath.
However, Lee Stofer often plays an unbelievably large Bruno Tilz mouthpiece. I've stuck the entire end of a PT-88 into the cup of one and it rattled around. Of course, Lee has the most unbelievable lip of anyone I've ever met. You could put a 3" funnel into the end of a garden hose, and Lee would make it sound good.
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Shockwave
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This is one I made myself. The cup ID is 40mm and the depth is 70 something. It sounds pretty terrible, not nearly as dark as you would expect. There is definitely an upper limit to cup diameter, also. I have a very hard time maintaining a seal on this mouthpiece, but 35mm is ok. I was really looking for a magic low note mouthpiece when I made this, but it turns out that a large diameter, shallow, large throated piece is best for that.
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Chen
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I remember my old teacher had a Bach 7 custom made for him the diameter was HUGE, maybe something like 40mm, I believe otherwise same as a regular Bach 7 (just try to picture that). It was truely a low register mouthpiece. Sounded very nice, but middle C is well into high register for that mouthpiece. I also remember Bobo had a huge custom made Schilke mouthpiece it's even bigger. I think he used it to "relax his face/lips" after playing!