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Mouthpiece/leadpipe weight

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:16 am
by imperialbari
Via web connections to a young Norwegian tubist I came by a photo of one of his section mates in his school band:
Tuba mundstykkevægt udsnit.jpg
I contacted this young player, but he only knew he bought it at a band competition and from a company supporting NMF, the Norwegian band organization. The link provided lead nowhere in this context. The Norwegian Tubaforum is down currently, so I hopefully can get information about the maker here.

Klaus

Re: Mouthpiece/leadpipe weight

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:09 am
by Tom
Do you mean the the black (plastic ???) piece between the mouthpiece and the visible portion of the leadpipe?

It looks like it could be a BERP device, to me, but it is a bit difficult to tell from the photo.

See http://www.berp.com/about.html

Re: Mouthpiece/leadpipe weight

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:27 am
by imperialbari
I think your interpretation of the photo is right. I knew the existence of BERP, but I don’t use that concept, so it wasn’t on top of my mind.

Klaus