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Re: Larger Bore, Shallower Mouthpiece
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:50 pm
by Mary Ann
What I have noticed with a more shallow cup is that I don't have to anticipate nearly as much....I get behind the beat with a funnel. And I notice a difference in timbre but not intonation.
Re: Larger Bore, Shallower Mouthpiece
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:34 am
by bloke
Doc wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:41 pm
jtm wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:52 pm
Doc wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:47 am
With my 186 CC, I'm using a Sellmansberger Imperial with Profundo (tall) rim - it is the perfect mouthpiece for this tuba, and it makes this tuba point-and-shoot. Larger mouthpieces (and smaller mouthpieces) do NOT do as well with response and intonation.
I don't have the brochure at hand... How does the Imperial compare to the Symphony?
It’s not as bowl shaped, as deep, or as voluminous as the Symphony. I think (IIRC), the Imperial, while not a funnel a la Helleberg, it is the most funnel-ish mp in the line-up.
I don’t like wonky geeky posts, but here’s one anyway:
By the time you add a 3mm tall cylinder to the top of an Imperial cup (which does make a good mouthpiece by the way), there’s probably more volume in that cup than in a regular Sell’bgr Symphony cup...though the sonority is still going to be a bit more brilliant than with a Symphony cup.