Mouthpieces? Bling?

[Bass Flatulance]

People have asked me about my black nickel mouthpiece? It's just really tarnished silver. FREE BLING IS BETTER THAN GOLD BLING.

[sloan]

bloke "who *DOES NOT* have fifty-some-odd mouthpieces sitting in pretty rows on top of a desk in a study"

A poll. How many people can imagine bloke having:

a) fifty-some-odd mouthpieces
b) a study

[pierso20]

Thirty years ago (back when cortisone cream was a PRESCRIPTION drug that came in teeny-tiny tubes ) I had a reaction to silver plated mouthpieces...tiny little blisters.

Someone suggested to me that I gold plate my mouthpieces...It worked. Today, I don't seem as sensitive to silver. (Maybe, because I'm not hitting it 6 hrs./day anymore.) However, I got used to (as long as I prevented them from getting scuffed) the slippery feeling of 24K gold plating.

I like my (high gloss finish) stainless steel mouthpieces for the same reason...and (also) because there is no gold that would have eventually worn off.

bloke "Heck, I like a Kellyberg when I have a very loud / very intense 3-hr. gig for the same reason: comfort"

It may be that there was some sort of nickel alloy in your mouthpiece back then. I used a mouthpiece that was nickel(ish) that did the same thing.

Of course, when I owned a nickel plated St. Pete, I also had a rash break out on my arm where my skin touched the horn.
I ended up wearing sweat bands on my arm where it touched.....it was like a Richard Simmons Tuba Workout video.