Mouthpiece for Besson Sovereign Baritone

[iiipopes]

Of course, you can go to http://www.deniswick.com" target="_blank and peruse the selection of sizes and email Mr DW himself for a recommendation.

Roger Webster's store is selling the new Alliance series of mouthpieces that are now standard fare for new Besson instruments: http://www.rogerwebster.co.uk" target="_blank .

[druby]

I recently performed at the Child's brothers IBBSS on my euphonium. Since I am auditioning for a baritone part in a brass band, I tried out a couple of nice horns (York 3 valve compensators). I normally play a Wick 4AL and brought my tenor shank Wick 4AY along. The 4AY sounded nice in the low and mid range on the British baritones, but was unfocused and wicked flat (almost unlippable) in the higher register. Even the 4BS I use on my American baritones was too large.

Many of the fine baritone players I met there use a Wick 6BS or the Steven Mead version SM6B. These are nearer to a Bach 6.5 AL. For someone who continues to maintain his/her embouchure on euphonium, I would stay away from the SM9 or Bach 12. I think they are probably just too small.

Doug Ruby

[euphdude]

When I was playing English baritone in Brass Band, the advice I got across the board was to try something along the lines of a Bach 6.5 AL. However, I have usually played on wider rimmed mouthpieces than that. My solution was to try a Greg Black Joseph Alessi AL series (not the standard Joseph Alessi models). These have a cup and backbore patterned after the Bach 6.5 AL, but with rims similar to Wick 4's (the 5AL), Wick 3's (the 3AL), and Wick 2's (the 1 AL). They worked great for me. You can order these in small, middle (European), or large shank. They aren't cheap, but if you want to keep the same rim as your 4AL or 3AL, I can't think of a better alternative.