GregTuba79 wrote:Does anyone know of a good Tuba Mouthpiece chart comparison online with dimensions of each piece? I am looking to replace my own H1 Marcinkiewicz with something more responsive, easier blowing and good all around range. The shank bore size is fairly large on the H1..perhaps narrower bore would allow it to be more responsive (least amount of air to make tone basically).
GregTuba79 wrote:Also, does anyone know if the Kelly 18 (multicolored type pieces) are the same cut as the real Bach 18's..etc?
I think they are similar, but not the same. I just compared my Faxx 18 (a perfect copy of the Bach 18) to one of my Kelly 18's. The Kelly 18 is slightly bigger inside than a real Bach 18, or Faxx 18. And the outside is even more different between them
I'm waiting for iiipopes to chime in about the Blessing 18 being the most perfect Bach 18 copy.
Yeah, I have one of those, and a Marcinkiewicz H1, and I don't think they're really a match made in heaven. On the other hand, it gets along with a lot of stuff - even my Schilke-Helleberg, and I haven't been very happy with that on other tubas. Last night I thought my Kellyberg sounded pretty good on it.
A tuba is a great place to put a tuba mouthpiece, that's my opinion.
Past that, I would go out on a limb and guess that there's a lot of similarity between various models in that King lineage, particularly that the valve section is on the small side, and the leadpipe is about the same length, etc. So I'd be similarly optimistic about the performance of an ordinary tuba mouthpiece. I can't honestly say for sure if mine's a 1240 - as far as I know, they don't stamp the model number on them, and I forget the difference if there even is a difference.
