tubarepair wrote:If Conn-Selmer-LeBlanc-Buick still make the 30E or 32E, I would consider those. Daryl
I purchased a 30E last August as an experiment, to see if it would brighten my tone and help my upper range (Sear-Cerveny 601 CC) -- it did both. The low range (esp. pedals) are not as strong, but still usable. As far as I know, both the 30E and 32E are still available. Hope this helps!
"Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent." -- Pogo (via Walt Kelly)
I personally wouldn't use a 30E for beginners. Kids that age have never in my experience had the ability to get below the F without serious talent and tons of work on a mouthpiece that small. If you must start them out on a small mouthpiece, don't go smaller then a 25.
ThomasDodd wrote:I don't think any tuba mouthpiece is small enough for a 5th grader. At least not any I've seen. The 6 1/2 fit's my 10 year old, proportionately the same as h helleberg fit's me.
I started on trombone in 5th grade, and that mouthpiece seemed big to me then. I didn't upgrade until the end of junior high.
