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I have been doing some research into Arnold Jacobs/Original Conn Helleberg replica mouthpieces, and have made a small discovery. Two of the Warburton TG ("The Grail") Series tuba mouthpieces are replicas of stage mouthpieces used by Arnold Jacobs. The TG1 is the first model which was originally manufactured by Terry Warburton and marketed by the Canadian Brass. Before the 2005 fire in his factory, he made some of these mouthpieces and sold them to Russ Ward, who still has a few available for purchase. After he got the factory back up and running, he began to develop the TG series, which Warburton is currently manufacturing and selling on his website. The Jacobs mouthpiece described above is now known as the TG-1. The other Jacobs stage mouthpiece replica has a smaller inner diameter cup, and apparently a slightly shallower bowl. This stage mouthpiece of Mr. Jacobs was borrowed from David Fedderly for the purposes of duplication. It is being marketed as the TG-4.

There are also the TG-2 and TG-3 mouthpieces, which are variants on these two Jacobs stage mouthpieces, but are not intended to represent anything ever used by Mr. Jacobs.

I e-mailed Russ Ward over the weekend to see if Warburton was still making a Jacobs mouthpiece, and received a response this afternoon.

You can find specs and pricing info at Warburton's website.

WARNING: Necro-Post Exhumation!

I bought a TG-1 Euro today. It cost $275 + shipping in silver plate. It is an unaltered, rebranded, OG CB version, as stated above. The TG-4 is based on the smaller Fedderly piece. Shank taper is now a drop-down menu selection like Finish.

NB — Gold is significantly more expensive, nominally being an additional $170. However, when you select the gold option, for whatever reason, it is $225 that is added to the price, and there is no way to fix this beyond cancelling and trying to order via a phone call. So a TG-1 in silver is $275, in gold a painful $445, but the menu corrects the price to an eye-watering $490!

Solution: Just get silver plating. It is more durable, anyway.

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