Tenor tuba rims

[iiipopes]

About a year ago Mike Finn made a run of MF4 mouthpieces with the smaller shank. I tried one, considering it for getting an older small receiver eefer. The eefer didn't work out for me, but the tone and consistency from the MF4 was great. With the smaller shank it might be great mouthpiece for your application.

[J.c. Sherman]

First: The Bobo TT mouthpiece has a rim similar to a Miraphone C4 rim, fairly wide and cushy.

Second: The Bobo TT is a HORRIBLE bass bone mouthpiece. It plays like absolute garbage in all ranges. Seriously. Don't even think about it.

Third: Sorry to say, Pedal Ds on the bass bone are a fact of life, and they're getting more frequent. As a fellow 1062 owner, I can sympathize that they put up a little fight down there, but having complete flexibility in rapid passages in the contra range is well expected of us bass-boners now. You should see the parts circulating for the Broadway shows!

Fourth: BBb contra sounds awesome when played well. But they seldom are and they take a herculean amount of effort to play with any dexterity at all. I currently play and F/D/BBb instrument, and in that range I'll tell you right now - I'd rather use my Bass for the dexterity. I use the Contra only when I want the sound of the contra. I have access to a Miraphone BBb when I want to murder whole villages. But for acrobatics... Bass every the time.

Okay... I'll admit that I use a more "commercial" instrument for the seriously low show stuff... But never with a contra mouthpiece - takes away all the color.

Respectfully, and with slow air ,

J.c.S.

[J.c. Sherman]

Nope - Built the F contra for myself. Made A CC/BBb Valve Cimbasso for myself which I've since sold...

You might want to look into the Kanstul 2A contra Mouthpiece. Very good Mouthpiece and very affordable... Very similar to the Klier...

http://www.hornguys.com/tbnmps.htm#Kanstul" target="_blank

J.c.S.

[imperialbari]

Nomenclatura question:

Is pedal D on a bassbone the D two spaces below the staff?

I thought the pedal range always started with the open pedal and then went downwards.

Klaus

[Todd S. Malicoate]

Nomenclatura question:

Is pedal D on a bassbone the D two spaces below the staff?

I thought the pedal range always started with the open pedal and then went downwards.

Klaus

I've tried to explain this before, and gotten nowhere. Pedal range is, apparently, whatever you want to call it.