Mouthpiece storage

[clunkertruck]

I remember when I first began to play in grade school-- I had ONE mouthpiece back then and I would keep it in an old sock!-- Now, a lot of things have changed -- There are many different options as far as keeping mouthpiece investment safe and protected-- Just wondering what preferences some of you have and why-- My first mouthpiece was an Olds 97-- Do any of you remember yours??

( I wonder why I can recall that and yet not remember where I left my car ?)

[Bob Kolada]

Open sock drawer, drop mp in, close.

[cambrook]

I really like the pouches that Mike Milnarik sells. He has both single and double ones, very well made and great protection.

Cheers,

Cam

[TheHatTuba]

1st - Conn Helleberg (stolen)
2nd - Conn Helleberg (cat knocked off table)
3rd - G&W Alan Baer MMVI (hopefully nothing....)
I use a basic Pro Tec pouch and keep that in the tuba hard case.

[Chadtuba]

First MP, and used for a number of years, was a Bach 24AW. I store most of my MP's in Cavallero(sp) pouches. I have one for tuba, 4 pocket, and 3 for the collection of euphonium and trombone MP's, 2 4 pocket and 1 2 pocket. I reall like them and have had not complaints about storing even the large heavy wall mouthpieces such as my Monette.

[Walter Webb]

why doncha just take some fuzzy material and sew up a few pouches with velcro tops on the sewing machine in your parlor? Wait, am I a few decades delayed and living in another world, antique but practical?

[chicken7x]

My first mouthpiece was a Bach 25....

Today I'm on a PT-48. I keep it in this Protec leather pouch...it's really great. It has very thick leather where the end of the shank is. Very useful. I'm quite clumsy. I once dropped it down the stairs and it came out 100% perfectly fine!

[tubaplyer]

My first was a Conn-Helleberg wow! did it shine! I still use the same piece and find that on a BBb horn it is hard to beat on many occasion.

I use the Cavallaro 4 mp roll. they are cheap and do the job. However, I do not recommend sticking them in their dirty! I find that giving them a quick polish with a connoisseur silver polish cloth does the trick and for long periods i stick a 3m strip in the roll. now that being said, the Cavallaro is a snug fit have mercy! it needs to be broken in most times and everyone seems to be a little different.

I still get a bit misty when I see a young tubist in the making carrying his prized Conn-Helleberg around in its nice new blue rubber case.

YES!

[imperialbari]

I had Randy Christian of Pitcairn Island make me a mouthpiece block. I don’t do photography, but made a less than lucky attempt with the camera of my laptop:

[lmedley12]

My first mouthpiece was a Conn Helleberg 7b

I'm currently using a GW Caver and i love it.

I have a trombone player friend who keeps all of his mouthpieces ( he has like 20 or so) in a pistol case that he modified

[rodgeman]

I keep my helleberg in the plastic case that came with it when I go out.

[tubaplyer]

YES! that is exactly what I am talking about! Bless you! Bless you! for keeping an old man's dream alive! Long live the Conn-Helleberg and the plastic blue case!!!!!!!

Amen,

[Elbee]

The two that I expect to use at any particular time are in a Dollybag which holds all those other things like valve oil and music specs also and fits in my case alongside the horn. All the others are in a cardboard box with styrofoam peanuts to keep them from jostling each other and a tarnish strip.

[ScottM]

My original mouthpiece was a Conn Helleberg, only it did not come in a blue plastic case. I used it in high school on a Besson 4 valve bell front. Once in college, I used a Bach 25, then a Burt Herrick custom mouthpiece. Following that I used a Schilke 62 and a Sanders 3. When working on my Masters I switched to a Hirsbrunner JT1 with a Helleberg rim. About 4 years ago I changed to a Loud model 7. That has been my favorite of the group. The last 38 years my horn was Mirafone 184 either 4 or 5 valve. The Sanders actually was the best in tune on the 184. I recently bought a used PT20p and tried a number of the mouthpieces again to see if one matched the horn better than the others and ended up sticking with the LM7. They all live in a drawer with a number of trombone and french horn mouthpieces. All I know is there is no perfect mouthpiece. Each had things I really liked and a few things I did not like. The Loud 7 spends its time in a plastic carrier when it isn't in the horn. I also have a plastic mouthpiece made by a local plastics manufacturer. I use it when the weather requires it or to buzz on when I travel.
Scott M (who really should be practicing)