I like the Wick range and now use a 2L on my EEb Tuba; for me the bigger cup energised the fourth valve range and gave a fuller quality to the sound, but YMMV. This comment gave me an excuse to try a 2L as part of a broad search for mouthpieces that work well with my new Eb tuba (Yamaha YEB-632IIS ...

Having spent most of my time playing euphonium, the vast majority of my tuba playing has been Bb, with a bit of C noodling. However, as mentioned in another thread, I recently acquired a 3+1 Eb tuba, and one of the big initial surprises was how softly it can play cleanly. I mean, it's controllable ...

My assumption, not informed by actual experience, was that depositing a layer of silver over the gold would have adhesion issues. If that turns out to be incorrect, I'll probably give over-plating a shot. Meanwhile I have a silver-plated SM9 on the way... coming from Europe since I couldn't find one ...

I had no idea that Denis Wick omits silver under the gold plating. That's terrible! Guess who's retiring a gold-plated Denis Wick mouthpiece ASAP.

I have played a Yamaha YBH-621S in a British brass band for a couple years now, and a year ago went on a mouthpiece discovery kick. My bias going into it is that I'm striving for a distinctly brighter sound than euphonium, which it seems may be less in vogue over the past decade or so; there is a ...