[Dixielandjazz] Urbie's mouthpieces (WAS: Bechet's Reeds)

[Robert Smith]

If I've understood your comments correctly, I assume that Urbie Green had a 
selection of different trombone mouthpieces in his bucket, and the point he 
was making was that the size and shape of the mouthpiece is far less 
important than the player.

Some years ago in our local symphonic wind band we had a tuba player who was 
always blaming his mouthpiece, and kept trying different ones. He stated 
that the mouthpiece was extremely critical, and finding the exact one was 
crucial. One day I took my French Horn mouthpiece (this is about the same 
size as a trumpet mouthpiece) and stuck it in the tuba mouthpiece, and then 
blew a scale. After that I never heard him complain about mouthpieces again.

Cheers

Bob Smith