Talk:Mouthpiece (brass)

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Hopefully soon they will become more popular, the major mouthpiece companies will become involved, and they will be available to the average player.

This doesn't seem very objective, or at least it doesn't seem to be in an encyclopedia style. Maybe something more like "They may eventually be available to the average player if..." or "Some hope that these will soon be available to the average player".

--Churchymcgee 06:07, 24 September 2007 (UTC)


I guess a bunch of parts from this talk page or missing? Was there a merge at some point, or what? Well, regardless: The part about gold plated mouthpieces producing darker tone that says "Citation Needed" probably should be removed if somebody doesn't come up with a darn good citation - as far as I know, and in my experience, there is no effect on tone color in changing from a silver plated to a gold plated mouthpiece. Sounds like the kind of thing Schilke would've experimented with, so maybe somebody could find a citation indicating that there is no measurable difference from his works, but it's kind of inconsequential. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.61.64.113 (talk) 20:33, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mouthpiece picture

It appears to be a Cornet mouthpiece. Trumpet mouthpieces usually have a straight shaft. Cornet mouthpieces are tapered.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.226.119.110 (talk • contribs)

Trumpet mouthpieces have a taper as well. See Vincent Bach Mouthpiece Manual, page 3 (on the PDF its page 5) for an example diagram of a trumpet mouthpiece.--Dbolton 23:38, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
I took the photo, and it is of my mouthpiece, and I use it in my trumpet :) - Zephyris Talk 12:06, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sizes

Need to talk about sizes. What does 7C mean? What about 1C, 2C, 3C, 5C, 6C, 7C, 10 1/2C, 12C. Is a bigger number a smaller mouthpiece? What is the letter mean? Thanks! (Dec 23 2007)—Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.138.64.141 (talk • contribs)

Each mouthpiece company has different labeling system. A larger number might mean a larger or smaller mouthpiece depending on the company. Likewise, the letters mean different things depending on the company.--Dbolton (talk) 07:15, 24 December 2007 (UTC)