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Mouthpiece Patches?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:22 pm
by MartyNeilan
Re: Mouthpiece Patches?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:36 pm
by windshieldbug
MartyNeilan wrote:
?????????
I don't get it.
What's to get?
Chinese ad wrote:These high quality mouthpiece patches provide a more comfortable resting place for the top teeth and take away annoying vibration.
It's so you stop biting chunks out of those expensive gold mouthpiece rims!
Re: Mouthpiece Patches?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:11 pm
by tubademon999
windshieldbug wrote:MartyNeilan wrote:
?????????
I don't get it.
What's to get?
Chinese ad wrote:These high quality mouthpiece patches provide a more comfortable resting place for the top teeth and take away annoying vibration.
It's so you stop biting chunks out of those expensive gold mouthpiece rims!
lol i gues players in China have found a new way to play tuba.
Re: Mouthpiece Patches?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:33 pm
by MartyNeilan
This other patch seems to have worked for some brass players:
Re: Mouthpiece Patches?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:37 pm
by windshieldbug
Stauff wrote:What? None of you people have ever played a single-reed tuba?
Re: Mouthpiece Patches?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:55 pm
by tubademon999
Actually, I did cut a McDonald's straw as a double reed, and got some fat pedal tones. It is genius. I'll post a vid tomorrow.
Re: Mouthpiece Patches?
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:54 am
by windshieldbug
LJV wrote:Some tubas come with a bit of cork on the water keys where the key hits the slide bow. Once they fall off (after about 5 minutes of use) the key then hits the slide bow each time it's used. Normally not big deal. I did have one tuba that would make a loud audible "clink" when this happened.
Actually, my Couesnon flugelhorn water keys came with a small scrap of felt stuck between the spring and the key... stopping the ersatz percussion just as effectively!
