What's your horn/mouthpiece combo?

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Weril 3/4 CC with Faxx 18 mouthpiece. Deadly combination.

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BMB J-445LQ (18" bell) with a Wick Heritage 3SL
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Big Mouth Brass J-445LQ F
JinBao 600S F
1919 Holton Eb
1964 Olds O-97 BBb sousaphone

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Alexander 163 CC / Bach 7
Meinl Weston 32 / Bach 7
York Monster E flat / Bach 32E
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Willson 3050-RZ, and I recently got an RT-88. Whoa!
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Wisemann 900 and a Laskey 30H.
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Marzan slant valve CC/Miraphone Rose Solo
Mirafone 184 CC/Sear Heleberg
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Conn 25J w/Bach 24AW
JP 3+1 Compensating EEb w/Bach 24AW
Conn 25J
Holton 3+1 "Monster" EEb
Wessex XL
Giddings and Kelly Mouthpieces
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Wedge H2 with King "Symphony" Recording Bass
Wedge H2 (British Shank) with Boosey&Hawkes Upright Bell
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Holton Monster E-flat with Perantucci PT-62
Martin Indiana Sousaphone with Holton (Bach copy) 7
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PT-88 on everything.
Meinl Weston Eb
Gerhard Schneider (B&S stencil) BBb
PT-88 or PT-88+, because I like options.
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B&S rotary F with Bobo Symphonic
B&S PT-6 rotary with Rudy Meinl RM0.H
Nirschl Kaiser with RM0.H/Josef Klier 1AA/2AA(still to be tested)
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Buescher Helicon Eb (1912)- Conn "S" mouthpiece (small shank/bass trombone shank size)
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A Miraphone 383 or a Kanstul 66 with a Sellmansberger Symphony and a Wedge SJ rim.
A 1912 Martin with a Sellmansberger Imperial
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1965, Mirafone 186 - Giddings custom (Baer original cup with the MVII rim) mp - for general use
- Giddings Jon Sass mp - for brass quintet
Jupiter/Stofer custom CC sousaphone - Giddings Sass mp
BMB F tuba - Gidding Sass mp
Yamaha 621 CC - hardly play it anymore - either of the above mouthpieces
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Hirsbrunner HB50 "Yorkbrunner" with a Gidding and Webster MMVI.

Mirafone 181 F tuba with a 3pc Parker cantabile w/32mm Titanium H-Kote Rim.
Hirsbrunner HB50 w/Warburton 30DL
John Packer 377s w/Parker Cantabile
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KingBassTrombone wrote:Buescher Helicon Eb (1912)- Conn "S" mouthpiece (small shank/bass trombone shank size)
Conn S? Very interesting, never heard of that one! I use a Denis Wick 5 on my little Orsi Eb; whatever comes to hand on my Holton 109, but lately that would often be a Marcinkiewicz H1; crystal blue Kellyberg or Faxx Hb on Conn 40K and Kellyberg on King 1240.
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Wisemann 900 and a Blokepiece Symphony.
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Holton 345 BB with Stofer-Geib
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Mirafone 186........ Laskey 28H
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