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Vote for past, or present mouthpieces & feel free to comment extra info if you'd like...

I assume you’re asking about current use, not which brand or brands I’ve used in the past?

I recently bought two GEWA mouthpieces for like $30 each NEW from Thomann. 1 1/2 G and 4G, and while I can't speak for the dimensional accuracy, their finish is decent. Bought a Thomann 12C large shank too for stupidities sake. Same thing with that.

Will say though that the Thomann is laser engraved or similar, while the GEWA seems to be stamped.

Please add Wedge to give Dr. Dave some visibility

I use Warburton (not on the poll) and Hammond primarily on all low brass besides euph. Lots of other brands represented on the other instruments I play. (Denis Wick, Josef Klier, Schilke, Michael Brand, etc.)

Best Brass must be twice as good as the others, 'cause it's two times in the list ...

All of the above have been noted.

Oh boy.

Burgerbob wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:28 pm Oh boy.

And I have a feeling that's not even all of em!

And I have a feeling that's not even all of em!

maybe 25 more? I wish I knew!

BrianJohnston wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:43 pm

Burgerbob wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:28 pm Oh boy.

And I have a feeling that's not even all of em!

Hoarding is a disease. Let me help you. Send as many as you can to me. No need to thank me.

I voted, but what is the reason for this poll?

Warburton's. Please add that to your picklist!

harrisonreed wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:43 am I voted, but what is the reason for this poll?

Curiosity/further learning for myself & others.

german maker, Klier, Tilz, Schmidt

Bach for tenor, Schilke for bass.

Peacemate wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:46 am I recently bought two GEWA mouthpieces for like $30 each NEW from Thomann. 1 1/2 G and 4G, and while I can't speak for the dimensional accuracy, their finish is decent. Bought a Thomann 12C large shank too for stupidities sake. Same thing with that.

Will say though that the Thomann is laser engraved or similar, while the GEWA seems to be stamped.

I also bought Gewa 7C to use with Thomann alto trombone. I agree that the finish is decent, especially for one with half the price of standard brand.

I'm not sure what's going on, but I put in a vote for Ultimate Brass a few days ago, and there were a few other votes there. Today, there were no votes, and it looked like there were a few other brands that had been wiped out too. I just added my vote to Ultimate again.

Jim Scott

CalgaryTbone wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 8:52 pm I'm not sure what's going on, but I put in a vote for Ultimate Brass a few days ago, and there were a few other votes there. Today, there were no votes, and it looked like there were a few other brands that had been wiped out too. I just added my vote to Ultimate again.

Jim Scott

It's possible that we had to recover the Forum from an earlier backup. I had to re-authorize several posts that I thought I had approved before. Matt K or Neo Bri would probably know for sure.

Same. I re voted

I hope people will look at these results like they do any poll: it's a snapshot of a particular set of people (forum members who bothered to respond, in this case, twice) at a point in time. It can't represent trombone players as a whole or even in large groups.

At the time I posted this (and before the poll was reset), the two top vote-getting brands are brands I can't recall seeing anyone use in a gig in at least 15 years. But my frame of reference is as a professional player in central and SW Ohio who plays mainly classical music, plus some touring Broadway shows when they come through town, and very occasional big band gigs. People who play in different locales and different scenarios will have different experiences and will relate to the poll results differently.

By the way, I'm not saying those brands are bad in any way; they're not. It just means that the poll results aren't reflective of my own experience and I would never expect them to be that unless the only respondents were the kind of folks I run into on the job. As with any poll, people should read the results with both interest/curiosity and with the knowledge of what the results may (or may not) mean to them.

I use primarily DE for tenors, but for bass cycle between Bach, Ferguson (Horn Guys) and a Schilke, while for euph I use a Bach. On Tuba I use Kelly or Wick.

For small tenors, I've lately been preferring Marcinkiewicz. They make good mouthpieces.
But the Conn 3 is a great match to a Conn 0.500" bore tenor.

For large tenor (88H with "Conn taper"), my go-to was always a Schilke 51. But now that I have another large-bore tenor, I've been doing some experimenting. No clear favorite yet. (Why stop the fun of trying something new? It's not like I'm putting a playing job at risk during this pandemic shutdown!)

For my Conn 71H bass I really prefer something that properly fits the Conn taper. That's a Connstellation 3B. But I'm now also trying a Conn-tapered Schilke 58, and I recently acquired a Doug Elliott set that fits.

Finally, I'm toying with using the Doug Elliott system more widely - but that can be expensive, so I probably shouldn't dive too deeply without first consulting directly with Doug.

Yamaha for small bore
Rath for large bore and euphonium
Wick for bass

I'm a conundrum

Doug Elliott and Symington

Yeah symington isnt up there

So many brands out there. In my time there was Schilke and Bach, then the Denis wick and some few others come along. I can understand many have the drawer full of mouthpieces. Will take at least a lifetime to try all! The new thing is different materials? I believe the old way to find one and stay with it is out today?

Leif

I'll have probably 150 mouthpiece. The most common mouthpiece I have is the Bach 6 1/2AL. Once I tried all of them, about 10, and found them to be very different. The most common bass trombone mouthpiece I own is the Bach 1 1/2, guess I have about 5 of them. I have a lot of junk too, and several mouthpieces I have never tried.

/Tom

I'll have probably 150 mouthpiece.

You should open a Mouthpiece museum!

post high school - started on a Greg Black, moved to Shires mouthpieces for about a decade, then briefly on a couple of Greigos and finally settled (for now) on a Laskey. tried a lot of others in Covid times, but those were the ones that got me closer to my goals.

PhilTrombone wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:18 am

I'll have probably 150 mouthpiece.

You should open a Mouthpiece museum!

I have 173

Was searching high and low. The Bach 11 was too deep. The Yamaha 47 a little too wide. The Yamaha46c2 a little too shallow. Storm t2 custom. Omg I fell in love at first play. Very balanced with my Holton galaxy set up.

heinzgries wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:43 pm

PhilTrombone wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:18 am

You should open a Mouthpiece museum!

I have 173

Right now I own 35 mouthpieces, but I have a list with 137 that I've sold/traded...

OK, I think I might have a problem. Anybody know the phone number for Hoarders Anonymous?

This was all I could fit on top of my washer/dryer for a photo. I have another five briefcases full of them, so my collection is right around 200 mouthpieces. I have some "classic" brands that I have not seen listed yet: Lorenzo Sansone, Zottola and Rudy Muck. I don't use those brands but I'm sure there are people out there that do.

I have no particular preferred brand, but I do love the flexibility of Doug Elliott's modular design.

https://trombonechat.com/download/file. ... ew&id=7736

imsevimse wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:57 am I'll have probably 150 mouthpiece. The most common mouthpiece I have is the Bach 6 1/2AL. Once I tried all of them, about 10, and found them to be very different. The most common bass trombone mouthpiece I own is the Bach 1 1/2, guess I have about 5 of them. I have a lot of junk too, and several mouthpieces I have never tried.

/Tom

Yes, I have found the same thing. I have 9 or 10 of the 6 1/2 AL mouthpieces and every single one of them plays differently. Same thing with the 1 1/2 G bass mouthpieces.....I find even greater differences in those.

Wow nobody uses monette?? Unbelievable!!

Davidx504 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 7:36 am Wow nobody uses monette?? Unbelievable!!

Expensive!

BrianJohnston wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:35 pm

Davidx504 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 7:36 am Wow nobody uses monette?? Unbelievable!!

Expensive!

Well, at least the prices are still (barely) less than 4 digits:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/difficult-to-o ... _cvip=true

Posaunus wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 4:02 pm

BrianJohnston wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:35 pm

Expensive!

Well, at least the prices are still (barely) less than 4 digits:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/difficult-to-o ... _cvip=true

Lot cheaper (relatively) at $340 directly from Monette. https://www.monette.net/trombone-mouthpieces

Lol, monette.

"Blend with no one!"

harrisonreed wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 5:06 pm Lol, monette.

"Blend with no one!"

FWIW, Bob Reeves is conspicuously missing from this list.

They do really excellent custom work. I don't use their designs, but they have worked on my stuff and I couldn't recommend them enough!

BrianJohnston wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:35 pm

Davidx504 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 7:36 am Wow nobody uses monette?? Unbelievable!!

Expensive!

Yeah but GrIeco has some pretty expensive pieces too. Somehow they managed to get 4 on the board. But a whopping zero?? That's crazy.

Davidx504 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:04 am

BrianJohnston wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:35 pm

Expensive!

Yeah but GrIeco has some pretty expensive pieces too. Somehow they managed to get 4 on the board. But a whopping zero?? That's crazy.

What do you think we are? Trumpet players?

I use the B11MVL in my line, 29.5mm ID, wide rim, and .312 bore.

LIBrassCo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:26 am I use the B11MVL in my line, 29.5mm ID, wide rim, and .312 bore.

The gold plating is beautiful.

Davidx504 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:01 am

LIBrassCo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:26 am I use the B11MVL in my line, 29.5mm ID, wide rim, and .312 bore.

The gold plating is beautiful.

Thanks, but that's actually raw brass right before I send it out to the plater.

Before I vote .... I am missing King!
Please add.

I have voted for the mouthpieces I use most often at the moment, but that is largely dependent on what instrument and what music I'm playing. Every trombone I own has at least one mouthpiece with it that works for me with it, and I own far more trombones then seems sensible...

I'm enjoying my Ultimate Brass mouthpieces that I've been playing for the last several months. I'm very impressed with Sun's work. In the last week or so, I just received a custom alto mouthpiece where I asked him to make a piece with my tenor rim on the cup of one of his alto mouthpieces. Great mouthpiece! The pitch seems easier than on a lot of other alto mouthpieces that I've played, and more comfortable for me now with a larger rim size. I recommend these great mouthpieces!

Jim Scott