Mouthpiece/leadpipe weight

[imperialbari]

Via web connections to a young Norwegian tubist I came by a photo of one of his section mates in his school band:

Tuba mundstykkevægt udsnit.jpg

I contacted this young player, but he only knew he bought it at a band competition and from a company supporting NMF, the Norwegian band organization. The link provided lead nowhere in this context. The Norwegian Tubaforum is down currently, so I hopefully can get information about the maker here.

Klaus

[Tom]

Do you mean the the black (plastic ???) piece between the mouthpiece and the visible portion of the leadpipe?

It looks like it could be a BERP device, to me, but it is a bit difficult to tell from the photo.

See http://www.berp.com/about.html

[imperialbari]

I think your interpretation of the photo is right. I knew the existence of BERP, but I don’t use that concept, so it wasn’t on top of my mind.

Klaus