[Dixielandjazz] FW: Unusual mouthpieces

[Trumpetom at aol.com]

We're getting a little off topic, but I can't resist adding two or three  
cents. 
 
A well known trumpet player here in Southern California had a special  
mouthpiece for valve trombone made up by Bob Reeves. Trumpet rim and cup,  
trombone shank. The mouthpiece is very long, & looks like it is about nine  
inches long. Intonation is not an issue. It does have a thin sound no doubt due  
to fewer overtones (undertones?). It works okay for playing lead trombone.  
Doesn't blend well otherwise.
 
Another well known trumpet player tells about when he was playing  
mellophonium with Stan Kenton. The mellophonium players all bought cornet  
mouthpieces in order to drive Stan crazy. They took their parts up an octave or  two. 
That lasted exactly one concert because Kenton collected all the cornet  
mouthpieces right away. Kids will be kids.
 
 
A well known trombone player out here took his pocket trumpet &  shortened 
the leader pipe a few inches. He stuffed a trombone mouthpiece in the  horn. 
It sounds bad all the time. The horn now looks like it has a bell on both  
ends.

 
Kash...you probably know all these guys. I'll tell you off list  if you 
really wanna know who they are.
 
Tom Loeb
_www.hotsytotsyboys.com_ (http://www.hotsytotsyboys.com) .
_www.tommyreedorchestra.com_ (http://www.tommyreedorchestra.com) 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/28/2010 11:01:45 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
jim at kashprod.com writes:


There have been various comments about trumpet mouthpieces  being used in
trombones, french horn mouthpieces in a tuba!!  I'm  wondering about the gap
between the stock and the hole in the  instrument?  Or, is the old "wrap
paper around the stock of the  mouthpiece until it's the right size?  Still,
seems to me there would  be an intonation  problem.

Jim


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