LOUD Mouthpieces

[kingrob76]

I've seen several of these pop up recently as brand new or like new - not just for tuba. They appear to be stainless steel one-piece mouthpieces which is not something Houser did when they were making this line. I get the feeling someone is producing these, but I can't find anything online except Crazy Mamma Murphy. Has anyone seen or heard anything about these recently?

[MrBasseyPants]

The first two iterations were both two piece. I have a grenade style LM-7 and a few other Loud two piece mouthpieces. I believe the more modern post-Houser SS mouthpieces were in fact just one piece.

jc

[kingrob76]

a brand new LM-10 recently hit eBay, and my hunch is Mamma Murphy is the seller - probably cleaning out old inventory. Hard to say and that's just a guess, but, there they are.

[Sous-Chef-Phone]

That's really cool, and I'm extremely tempted, but I'm honestly really loathe to give this histrionic woman $169 + shipping out of principle. She's literally just taken an extremely useful product and made it impossible to get out of spite. Are there any imitation models, or 3d-printer schematics so I could print my own?

[iiipopes]

Before you reconsider spending that much money and/or 3-D "print" one, my experience with the original LOUD LM-7 when it was a "new" mouthpiece years ago was that it was a very efficient mouthpiece, had good consistency and response top to bottom, but it slotted really, really, tight, requiring a player to "ride throttle" on especially a #1 valve slide, depending on the instrument. I recommend it for a well-intonating tuba, and do not on a tuba that has less than stellar intonation or valve slide issues (inaccessibility, range of adjustment, etc.)

[Sous-Chef-Phone]

Ah, as in, adjust the main slide while playing because the pitch "slots" too precisely and can't be adjusted with embouchure?

[tofu]

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