Thoughts on "Kelly" Plastic mouthpieces....

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elimia
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elimia wrote:I poked around on one that was brought into rehearsal by one of the guys in my section. It was pretty comfortable and played pretty nice. Yes, the sound was different I'll admit, but I'm rethinking the sagely advice Joe mentioned that is a new angle on how practical they could be for a quick toot. I play a SM3.5 normally and would be a little worried about switching to a smaller piece on a regular basis (most Kelly euph mpcs are a little smaller than I use).
...except I just noticed they sell a 51D version. Hmm...that's not too far off.
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ATLtuba wrote:They're thinking about putting out a PT-50 version. :)
It should be available by the end of this year.
They're developing "silver" and "gold" colour as well so you can have one which is indistinguishable from a "normal" mouthpiece from a distance.
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I'm sending my Kellyberg out to be mirror coated next week (the wife does that sort of thing for a living)....I'll let you guys know how it comes out.
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Kelly mirror results: The mirror coating stuck to the mouthpiece but the color is not correct.....more tests to follow.
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