[Trombone-l] Trombone-l Digest, Vol 18, Issue 15

[John Cather]

There is a tuba player I play with here in Los Angeles. His bass  
trombone mouthpiece has a tuba size rim. Kind of weird looking but he  
plays it well. I guess it's like all those people who use a Bach 12c  
tenor mpc on an alto. If it works for you....


Cheers,
John Cather



> From: Tom Izzo <contrabasstrombone at yahoo.com>
> Date: July 14, 2006 10:21:38 AM PDT
> To: thetubameister at adelphia.net, Roger Carmichael  
> <rc750 at earthlink.net>
> Cc: Trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] How 'bout redefining "trombone"
>
>
> That reminds me.............
>
> --- thetubameister at adelphia.net wrote:
>
>
>> Truly meant in humor.  Thom Klaber uses something
>> more akin to an old Eb tuba mouthpiece - bloody
>> enormous!
>>
>>
>
> When I was in High School, ca 400 yrs ago.......
> My teacher had a mp marked Schilke 61.
> Not finding ANY listing of such a beast (62 being the
> smallest Tuba size), I asked Schilke personally.
> His reply: A Tuba Schilke 62 with a Bass Trb shank
> from the 60, made custom.
> Haven't seen any others done that way.
> My Trumpet mp is Schilke 24. I acquired that in 1968.
> It was then not catalogued. Now Schilke catalogues
> list a "24" but they're still not as large as mine.
> Going by the normal gradations between other sizes,
> I'd prob say this would be a "28". Thankful to have
> it, though, no matter what it's called.
>
> Eb Tuba mp? If it works for him, who are we to
> challenge. My CB Trb piece is normally called an "F
> Tuba" mp. It works for me.
>
> Tom
>