Looking for the right mouthpiece...

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Looking for the right mouthpiece...

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What mouthpiece would you recommend that:

-Is the usual inner diameter (32.5mm-33.5mm)
-Is shallower than the average mouthpiece
-Has a larger-than-average throat
-Isn't a custom order job with a ~$175 price tag
-Has a rim that is somwhat flat and narrow (this one isn't that important)

Just something that has easy response, good volume, and can move more air in the $$$ register; I'm not concerned with extreme high or low playing on this particular mouthpiece.

I had an LM-10 w/helleberg rim several years ago that might have fit the specs, but it's long gone don't remember who I sold it too.

Any other ideas?
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Marcinkiewicz H4 is fairly shallow, and is one of the few large, shallow mouthpieces I know of that isn't particularly `bowl shaped.' It's a hair wide of your upper limit (33.6 mm the way he measures it), with a pretty big throat (8.33 mm.) The rim of the H series is mildly rounded. I enjoy playing it, though I'd probably do better on a less demanding mouthpiece.
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The Sellmansberger Imperial is what I'd recommend. If you aren't satisfied with any of the optional screw rims, then you probably couldn't be satisfied. :)

If that isn't shallow enough, you could order a Sellmansberger Solo instead.

If the Sellmansberger Solo is too shallow, you could always add the delrin cup extender.

The throat size on both of these is 8.2 mm. I don't know what you would consider to be average. You could always buy a 21/64" (8.33mm) drill bit at pretty much any hardware store and open it up a little more. IIRC, 8.3mm was the size of the LM10 throat.

Joe offers a reasonable trial period as well.

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viewtopic.php?f=9&t=40458" target="_blank

Looks like they are under $175 complete. :)
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cjk wrote:The Sellmansberger Imperial is what I'd recommend. If you aren't satisfied with any of the optional screw rims, then you probably couldn't be satisfied. :)

If that isn't shallow enough, you could order a Sellmansberger Solo instead.

If the Sellmansberger Solo is too shallow, you could always add the delrin cup extender.

The throat size on both of these is 8.2 mm. I don't know what you would consider to be average. You could always buy a 21/64" (8.33mm) drill bit at pretty much any hardware store and open it up a little more. IIRC, 8.3mm was the size of the LM10 throat.

Joe offers a reasonable trial period as well.

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=49022" target="_blank" target="_blank
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=40458" target="_blank" target="_blank

Looks like they are under $175 complete. :)
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perhaps a Bach 24AW :)
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The new LOUD Tommy Johnson model fits your criteria. I used mine last Saturday in my 6/4 Holton for an outdoor gig and was very satisfied the flexibility, timbre and ease of articulation afforded by this mpc.
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