F tuba Mouthpiece's

tubeast · Post by **tubeast** » Mon May 21, 2007 6:09 pm

Just to get backon the subject...
I lent out all my F-tuba mouthpieces to the two youngsters starting tuba on F-horns in our community band.
(24AW and I forget the name of the other)
I wore off the silver plating off of my Bruno Tilz 7, so that one is out of use altogether.
So I use the next smallest MP in my arsenal for F playing: the PT50+. Works fine. CanÂ´t really get more specific about it.
I never had that ultra-high register above the F4, not even with small MPs. Figured that THAT was what Euphoniums were invented for, anyways.

The other two mouthpieces get used with the CC exclusively.

pierso20 · Post by **pierso20** » Mon May 28, 2007 3:41 pm

yeah, it may be a firebird. It's 5 rotors on the right and one on the left. Everyone here says it's real nice, but I havn't gotten a chance quite on it yet. Though, that is what this summer is for.

jonesbrass · Post by **jonesbrass** » Tue May 29, 2007 9:47 am

pierso20, have you decided on a mouthpiece for F yet? I think Lee is spot-on in his advice. Pick a rim that is similar (or the same) as you are using on your contrabass and find one with a shallower, bowl-shaped cup and appropriate backbore.
I use Doug Elliott mouthpieces, I'm able to use the exact same rim on my contrabass cup and shank as I am on the F. Perfect for me. I can also use my rim on euph, too. Best mouthpiece investment I've ever made. Good luck!

Charlie Goodman · Post by **Charlie Goodman** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:24 pm

I have a Firebird as well. I just switched from the TU 23 to a PT-64, which really cleaned up the sound for me and gave the horn a nice, round tone. However, it looks like everyone else has found something better than the 64... maybe I should have skipped the middleman and gone on to the next step up.

pierso20 · Post by **pierso20** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:11 pm

wpw, all this advice and only a couple of months after the initial post... ha

thanks

Donn · Post by **Donn** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:45 pm

Bob1062 wrote: Can anyone recommend anything with a rim like the 18, but that is much shallower?

I unfortunately do not have a Bach 18 for comparison, but I'm as positive as I could be under the circumstances that the Schilke 62 is noticeably shallower, and it has a somewhat rounded rim, though probably flatter than the Bach and a little wider. Cup is relatively funnel shaped. It has a larger bore than my C4. Fun to play.

I have a Conn 3 that's very shallow, and a little smaller than a Conn 2, but they aren't common these days and there may be some nomenclatural confusion - either there's a different Conn 3 for trombone, or maybe some were marketed for either bass trombone or small shank Eb tuba.