anyone ever seen this mouthpiece before?

orleansjon · Post by **orleansjon** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:53 am

I just found this on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-TROMBONE-TR ... dZViewItem

sorry, i don't know how to embed the ad in this post...

is the notch on the side for a pickup?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:35 pm

The extension soldered onto the side of the shank is for an electronic pickup. Acoustic amplification seems to be the preferred method among tubists if you search the archives.

orleansjon · Post by **orleansjon** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:03 pm

...i was secretly hoping it had something to do with 'circular alcohol consumption'... oh well...

MikeMason · Post by **MikeMason** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:47 pm

It's a brilliant design to allow you to permanently do Roger Lewis' open spit valve workout

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:13 pm

Finally! A mouthpiece with a 'panic' button!

The Jackson · Post by **The Jackson** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:21 pm

Greg wrote:
MikeMason wrote:It's a brilliant design to allow you to permanently do Roger Lewis' open spit valve workout
Exactly. It's for the players who are looking for a nonresonant, spread sound all of the time. When they want that sound the leave the mouthpiece open at the rehearsal or on the performance.

Now it's not just for practice to improve sound. It can also be used as a permenant mouthpiece modification to make your sound thin and intolerable.

I'll take twenty!

eupher61 · Post by **eupher61** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:09 pm

I was once told that during the premiere of Sibelius' 2nd symphony, the tuba player used a bellows with a small hose, to keep the Bb's going in the 3rd movement.

No memory who told me that, I've never investigated it.

But, this mouthpiece explains how it worked.