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By the way, the mouthpiece that came with the China tuba is not bad at all!

djtubat wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 9:54 am By the way, the mouthpiece that came with the China tuba is not bad at all!

Good to know . . . Mine is sitting in the case. I agree that it looks like a Bach 18 copy. What do you think?

I’m using a Giddings Caver mouthpiece on my Yamaclone and it works very well. I know, I know . . . That’s huge, but it is my f tuba mouthpiece of choice . . . I use it on my B&S F and Willson F, too.

jonesbrass wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 11:15 am

djtubat wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 9:54 am By the way, the mouthpiece that came with the China tuba is not bad at all!

Good to know . . . Mine is sitting in the case. I agree that it looks like a Bach 18 copy. What do you think?

I’m using a Giddings Caver mouthpiece on my Yamaclone and it works very well. I know, I know . . . That’s huge, but it is my f tuba mouthpiece of choice . . . I use it on my B&S F and Willson F, too.

Looks and feels quite a bit like a Bach 18 to me, too. Not a Bach tuba mouthpiece fan, but I actually don't completely hate a real Bach 18 on this thing. I also like the Sellmansberger Imperial.

Actual Yamahas work very well with a contrabass-depth mouthpiece, and I would expect a clone to do likewise.

A singing tone in the high register is the player more than the tuba, and that is more true with the Yamaha. It lacks the easier high singing tone of, say, a B&S Symphonie, but it is still a F tuba even with a bigger mouthpiece.

Rick “my experience may not be yours” Denney

Rick Denney wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 2:05 pm Actual Yamahas work very well with a contrabass-depth mouthpiece, and I would expect a clone to do likewise.

A singing tone in the high register is the player more than the tuba, and that is more true with the Yamaha. It lacks the easier high singing tone of, say, a B&S Symphonie, but it is still a F tuba even with a bigger mouthpiece.

Rick “my experience may not be yours” Denney

I mentioned this in the Repair forum, but I brought this tuba to rehearsal last night to play some sort of hokey upfront Dixieland thing, which required standing in front of the band. I figure I own a lightweight tuba (my Besson Eb weighs more than my Eastman CC) and I might as well schlep it along.

With the Sellmansberger Solo #1 I was finding the resonance of notes near the bottom of the staff and right below the staff to verge on "barky." Next time, I think I will try the Imperial to see if that rounds it out a bit.

Some of the early (genuine) 621 instruments' receivers are borderline bass trombone/standard shank size...

...NO idea re: knockoffs. Later 621 receivers seem to be slightly larger.

OFF TOPIC:

Olds O-99 B-flat tuba receivers are sorta the same (whereby a GOOD/WELL-DESIGNED small-shank mouthpiece both fits and might well prove to function better than a standard shank mouthpiece, when inserted into an O-99 receiver).

amazing (ok: "to me") mouthpiece for an O-99 (as I've been messing with one, lately) is my own Imperial cup/small shank/TALL ("Profundo") rim of one's choosing.

djtubat wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 9:54 am By the way, the mouthpiece that came with the China tuba is not bad at all!

My Mack Brass 621 C clone came with a no-name mouthpiece that feels much like the Bach 18 I'm using. It doesn't respond quite the same as the Bach, but it's close.