Bass Horn Mouthpiece

Alex C · Post by **Alex C** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:39 pm

I already have one but the rest of you guys need to hustle:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Reynolds-Dr-Young-M ... dZViewItem

uh... I have one but I don't use it.

Albertibass · Post by **Albertibass** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:46 pm

just out of curiosity, why dont you use it?

i never played on a mouthpiece like this, so i dont know anything about it.

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:59 pm

I've got one and it's very useful--for filling bottles.

Alex C · Post by **Alex C** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:41 am

Albertibass wrote:just out of curiosity, why dont you use it?

I don't use it because I don't sound good on it.

One of the major orchestral tubists during the 1960's tried to play this mouthpiece in the orchestra. He couldn't make it sound good either, so I'm in good company.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:47 pm

Wow, people sure spend a lot of money at eBay on a mouthpiece they can get at the music store for a third of the price!

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:09 am

LoyalTubist wrote:Wow, people sure spend a lot of money at eBay on a mouthpiece they can get at the music store for a third of the price!

Do you know of a music store that sells Dr. Young mouthpieces? At $30, I could use one for a gearshift knob.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:16 am

I wlll be putting one on eBay in a couple of days.

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:45 pm

LoyalTubist wrote:Wow, people sure spend a lot of money at eBay on a mouthpiece they can get at the music store for a third of the price!

That would be true if you could find one of these at a music store. I challenge you to find one for any price in a music store. They are not easily found these days.

My interest is to have one to display along with my other historic mouthpieces. I would never intend to play with it, although one of the tuba players in one of the bands in which I play uses one as his primary MP on a Miraphone 186.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:36 pm

There really isn't much difference in this mouthpiece and an old Conn H2, which I used to use on gigs until I got a Helleberg clone (for 30 bucks).