Denis Wick nonmetallic equivalents?

[baridrummer]

Do they exist?

I’m a beginner player and have found the Wick 4 to be helpful to my playing development. But now that I have acquired an American-made helicon, I have a standard shank available to fit many more mouthpiece choices. That being said, I still want to stick with the mouthpiece I’ve been using and get one of those shank adapters.

Now that I have a tuba with a standard shank, this also opens up the world of plastic/nonmetallic mouthpieces, in case I end up playing outside this winter. So from your knowledge, what is the closest equivalent to a Wick 4L in that world?


Wendy

1921 Keefer Eb helicon
1934ish Imperial EEb
1920’s Concertone Eb (no, I don’t really need this one anymore)

[T. J. Ricer]

I would think a Kelly 25 would be a reasonably close option and a good, smallish mouthpiece.

-T. J.

[iiipopes]

+1 on the Kelly 25.