Re: mouthpiece experimentation


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Posted by Klaus on July 22, 2002 at 09:16:09:

In Reply to: mouthpiece experimentation posted by Marc on July 22, 2002 at 08:09:09:

There has been a lot of experiments through the ages.

The mouthpieces of the lurs were hammered and soldered together from bronce plate. The same technique was for many centuries prevalent in the making of horn mouthpieces. One prominent Spanish maker still doing so, only turning the rim, which he solders on.

The baroque trombone mouthpieces were turned on the lathe. The rim was not rounded at all. The edge between rim and cum was a very sharp and cutting right angle. What we call the throat did not exist. The angle between cup and backbore was very sharp.

One might say, that every modern mouthpiece is one of a plenitude of compromises between the horn and the trombone mouthpieces of old times.

There were lots of local traditions in shapes and sizes. The Italians and the Brits were into very small mouthpieces. The german ones were larger, even if the German standard of the last century was quite small by the standards of today.

The larger mouthpieces came from the US. So one can not say, that the landing of Mayflower only initiated disasters.

Klaus


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