problems with advanced search

[jtuba]

I'm trying to find bloke's thread about his F tuba mouthpiece design. When I type F tuba mouthpice in the keyword field and bloke as the author I'm told the search is too common and get no results. I'm able to view all 10000+ of his posts, but can't search for a specific thread he started. How uncommon must something be for results to appear?

[windshieldbug]

I found this in a couple of minutes using the first inquiry that I tried: "bloke mouthpiece design"

The other one is the mouthpiece Dave Houser is making from a certain "bloke's" F tuba mainstay. It seems to marry a traditional Hellebergish (maybe?) rim (flatter/sharpish/narrower) with an F type cup (TU23/C4 or PT64 maybe?). Has any one played seem this one first-hand? Seems to offer a combination not really found elsewhere. Is there anything out there like this?

I haven't actually played on one, but I ordered one of those mouthpieces. I haven't seen anything quite like it on the market before. Here are the spec's bloke sent to me back in March:

cup width - 1.3" (33 mm)
rim width - .27" (6.9 mm)
rim style - semi-flat / semi-thin
cup depth 1.18" (30 mm)
cup style - vintage/classic Waldkraiburg bowl
throat - .335" (8.5 mm)
throat style - extended reverse taper to flare
smallest diameter of backbore - .325" (8.25 mm)
backbore exit diameter - .44" (11.2 mm)
shank style - American
body design - lightweight

I believe he's cutting off orders for the first batch on October 1st. The cost is $140 + shipping, $50 deposit due before the cut off date. That's not bad at all for a custom piece. If you're interested in one, send him a PM ASAP! Joe (bloke) is a solid guy to do business with.

I ordered one of Bloke's mouthpieces and I'll let y'all know what it is like after I get mine later this fall.

-Matt

[Tubaryan12]

On another note: Is there any way to adjust the search function for this forum? It will not allow me to make a search for a common term like "pt-88". If there is a hint or trick to this, someone please clue me in.

[iiipopes]

Here's one problem with searching for various models of Perantucci mouthpieces: the hyphen. Some post with the hypen, others do not. And when you try to search with the hyphen included as a character of the search term, the search engine doesn't seem to like it at all, and returns "no posts."

OK -- for this board, can we adopt the convention, when referring to Perantucci mouthpieces, to not use the hyphen, as for example, PT50 and not PT-50?