Love it.
Used it on a CC 186-5U for many years in solos, brass quintets, tuba quartet/ensemble, large orchestras and symphonic band settings; used it on a CC PT-6P for a semester in tuba ensemble/rep class; current usage is on a 4/4 Bb Amati in small(ish) wind ensembles.
I have no problem with the size of the mouthpiece nor getting a focused sound. It's always been comfortable and has been my go-to mouthpiece since high school (I'm now 31 and no longer as serious as I used to be). Now that I've divulged myself of my tuba collection (sigh...), the PT-88 is my sole mouthpiece and has always given me a big, fat, resonant, focused sound in the 4/4 and up sized horns I've played.
SR
What is your opinion of the PT-88 mouthpiece?
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[quote="SRanney"]Love it.
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Word, G-Sp. I use it on my CC tuba, too and am able to play everything I need to with a good sound. It works best for my face and how I play my horn.
Sean Greene
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Word, G-Sp. I use it on my CC tuba, too and am able to play everything I need to with a good sound. It works best for my face and how I play my horn.
Sean Greene
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Alas, it is always what works best for the individual and their completely unique face.
When I switched from euphonium to tuba in my freshman year of college, I started out on an old Holton "Revelation" 52 mouthpiece. My teacher did not like my choice, and had me buy a Bach 18 and play it for a month. At the end of the month, he was dissapointed at my lack of progress and had me bring the very large Holton mouthpiece back into a lesson. It was then decided that I just did better, in any range, with a larger mouthpiece.
A PT-88 is a heavier-weight, somewhat bulbous-looking version of the Bruno Tilz M10, also sold as the Rudolf Meinl RM-10. I have played on the RM-10 since 1985, and consider it as a standard. When I want to play on a large mouthpiece, I have an old Hablowitz mouthpiece with an approx. 35mm rim that works well for me. It has a tremendous opening, a very rounded rim, a medium-deep bowl, and a relatively small backbore. When I showed it to Doug Elliot, he said he had never, ever seen anything like it and took measurements of it.
I have found the RM-10/Pt-88 to be a very effective mouthpiece in many situations, and will particularly open-up the low register of a sousaphone (Trio of National Emblem march, anyone?).
When I switched from euphonium to tuba in my freshman year of college, I started out on an old Holton "Revelation" 52 mouthpiece. My teacher did not like my choice, and had me buy a Bach 18 and play it for a month. At the end of the month, he was dissapointed at my lack of progress and had me bring the very large Holton mouthpiece back into a lesson. It was then decided that I just did better, in any range, with a larger mouthpiece.
A PT-88 is a heavier-weight, somewhat bulbous-looking version of the Bruno Tilz M10, also sold as the Rudolf Meinl RM-10. I have played on the RM-10 since 1985, and consider it as a standard. When I want to play on a large mouthpiece, I have an old Hablowitz mouthpiece with an approx. 35mm rim that works well for me. It has a tremendous opening, a very rounded rim, a medium-deep bowl, and a relatively small backbore. When I showed it to Doug Elliot, he said he had never, ever seen anything like it and took measurements of it.
I have found the RM-10/Pt-88 to be a very effective mouthpiece in many situations, and will particularly open-up the low register of a sousaphone (Trio of National Emblem march, anyone?).
Lee A. Stofer, Jr.