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I put this out to manufacturers and end users, alike. How much interest would there be in a tuba mouthpiece for euphonium , WITH MORE OPTIONS? Yes, Doug Elloitt has one and Yamaha has the Bobo tenor tuba MP (I have one). Tuba players are broadening their horizon's and are being forced to contend with limited options.

Are we settling on using euphonium mouthpieces? I'd rather not, but that's just me. YMMV. I can't imagine any of the fine trumpet players I work with, having only one or two mouthpieces from which to choose.

What do you think?

I own both TT mouthpieces mentioned above and some Griego pieces.

The TT mouthpieces are great for work in the closet (or whatever space I'm relegated to practicing in on my travels). I like using it because they have very similar (if not the same rim on my DE as my other pieces) rim sizes to my tuba mouthpieces. A lot of the stuff I've done on the euph and bass bone is low work. I can get away with playing on those big TT mouthpieces, mostly because it fits the rep I'm playing, and it makes moving from instrument to instrument super easy.

That said, if I was the slightest bit serious about working up the true Euph or Bass Bone rep, I'd ditch using the TT mouthpieces at all. Having such a wide shallow mouthpiece really screws with the tuning at anything above a D above C. Even when the part is exposed, I'll switch to a Griego mouthpiece to get the true sound and tuning on bass bones and euphs.

For years, the tuba pedagogues told us it was harmful to move from rim to rim... I was born and raised in that camp, which is what got me into the TT mouthpieces with the same rims as my other pieces. In the last 15 years, quite a few VERY GOOD doublers have pretty much shown that there can be little harm in moving around. I think Bobo even wrote a retraction article a few years ago, which was mostly in response to Aaron Tindall and Ben Pierce being ridiculously good on both instruments.

Tom Gregory wrote:I put this out to manufacturers and end users, alike. How much interest would there be in a tuba mouthpiece for euphonium , WITH MORE OPTIONS?

What "more options" would you like?
I already make just about every combination I can imagine. There is a large range of moiuthpiece sizes that can work on euphonium for different players. With my stuff you have a huge choice of sizes out of 8 different groups (series).
I realize that a tuba rim on a shallow cup is not ideal, but it does work for occasional use with no real adjustment. For more serious doublers, anything in the tenor to bass trombone size range is a possibility, with my EUPH series in the middle.

Doug,
I love your mouthpieces, but have not had an opportunity to try one for tenor tuba. I sent you a PM.

TG