advice for a do it all mouthpiece

[BigBrodtuba]

So I own a GW Bayamo lite, Caver and a MF3 but I'm looking for a mouthpiece that plays very clean and has a huge sound output with good articulation,good high register and a warm tone.I'm thinking about a monette 94,95 or 98 also the loud 10 and pt88 if anyone has any other mouthpiece recommendations let me know.

[Tigertuba]

Depends on your horn. I loved the LM-3 with my 188 and a 2155. It's gives a huge dark sound and really adds depth to the low range. Having the screw rim allows you to find a rim that will meet your articulation needs. If you have a bigger horn, it is probably too big. I tried it with the Thor, it was just too much mouthpiece so I went to the trusty Helleberg.

Everybody has different wants and needs. Happy hunting!

Steve Novotny

[SplatterTone]

Not many responses probably because your post is rather open-ended. First determine what it is about your current mouthpieces that is unsatisfactory. Too deep, shallow? Inside too wide, narrow? Rim too wide, narrow, round, flat? Back pressure too much, little? Then ask for recommendations on what will correct what you don't like. The characteristics you list can be achieved by most mouthpieces if the player has the chops, and the player and mouthpiece are compatible.

[imperialbari]

All mouthpieces are compromises emphasizing one playing quality and hopefully diminishing the damages on the other playing aspects.

For years I used the same mouthpiece for all of my basses except for the smallest Eb from 1870. When the Boosey F entered a year ago I realised the PT50 was far too large to get any upper range piano control. After experiments with the smaller DW models I have settled on the blokepiece #1 for the old Eb, the F, and oddly enough also for the CC, but that must be something about it being the only German rotor tuba of mine.

My aging lips became too slow on the extremely round rim of the PT50. The MF-3H has a sharp inner edge with about the same dimensions, but as the sharp edge makes the inner diameter feel more narrow than it is, the 3H did not at all work for me on the BBb basses. However it proved itself the real thing on the large Eb basses of mine.

For the BBb’s I now use the Sidey Classic in brass. I would have wanted the walls to be thicker, but I don’t think I find a better rim, so I will stay with it.

I don’t think it is possible to find a mouthpiece fitting all tubas. The closest to that concept would be a favourite screw rim with different cups/underparts.

Klaus

[UTSAtuba]

Conn Helleberg

[wphstubaboy]

Pt-88 is a good mouthpiece, very deep and requires you to actually make an embouchure adjustment that would be a bit exaggerated if you were on a smaller piece, but thats a good thing. Also you cant go wrong with the conn helle. If you know a guy by the name of Warburton, he makes sick nasty mouthpieces. I have a custom model, the 28d and it is probably the most versatile mouthpiece available. This is a bit pricey at around $150 but its well worth the cost. If you really wanted the piece pm me and ill get you Warburtons number, he would probably enjoy making another tuba piece.