SM3 euphonium mouthpiece shank sizes(??)


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Posted by JoeS on February 24, 2003 at 17:17:56:

OK, I'm a dealer and order these straight from Midco or Boosey (so you don't need to tell me "who has the best price", etc.)...

What I'd like to be educated on is all available shank sizes for the SM3 mouthpiece. The sales representatives are completely ignorant and the Boosey website - the best I can tell - is completely devoid of information.

Apparently, there are only two versions:

- SM3
- SM3M

OK, I know that the SM3M has the "English/Euro/medium/euphonium" shank.

Is the "plain ol' "SM3" a large or small shank mouthpiece?

Further, I'm surprized that they don't offer all three shanks in these mouthpieces:

small, medium, and large...

...or am I wrong? Do they (after all) offer all three shanks, and neither I nor the sales representatives can wig out the model numbers? If they do offer all three shank sizes for the SM3, does someone on this list know the proper nomenclatures for each of the three SM3 mouthpieces with their various shank designations?




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