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This is probably the widest diameter mouthpiece I've ever seen! What the heck is it?



From the Meinl-Weston Web site page for Namho Kim...
http://tiny.cc/nurz8

that picture looks very Photoshopped to me...look at it...the mouthpiece goes OVER his nose...

Its just a perspective thing. He's actually only about three foot tall, and that's a euphonium he's playing....

Andrew (and if you believe that, I've got some items for sale that you might like)

But wouldn't they use Photoshop to make it look *better*? Besides, everyone knows the real use of Photoshop is to make birth certificates.

Maybe he is going for that Tibetian Monk Long Horn sound?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pwL6s-4K_c

Just a guess...

You don't know that mpc??
It's a special equipment for the tuba singing.

Its what Mel Culbertson is/was using. I think Romera Brass makes it for him. There is some discussion in the archives about it.

bloke wrote:Surely that big cone/disk part is some "signal receptor" on the back of the mouthpiece, and not what you actually try to engage against your face...???

Or a signal emitter intended to improve projection by acting as a secondary bell.

Or as an embouchure guard against rotten tomatoes hiding razor blades.

K

Jeffrey Hicks wrote:Its what Mel Culbertson is/was using. I think Romera Brass makes it for him. There is some discussion in the archives about it.

There is a picture on this thread but I don't know for sure if it is the same thing.

Definitely strange looking!

Classical music has at least one function beyond the esthetical one. In certain public areas, where certain population segments are not wanted, like pickpockets in railway stations, classical music has proven itself an effective deterrent.

If I had a saying, our national guard bands should do all day open air concerts in certain ghettos during summer weekends. These bands are kind of multi ethnic (Western repertory combined with Arabic, Indian, and Gamelan scales) and have liberal attitudes, when it comes to intonation. So there this mouthpiece design might be of some advantages.

Klaus

It has the look of the Mel Culbertson Romera, but this appears MUCH larger. Not sure if its an optical trick or some crazy custom piece.