[Trombone-l] Curry m'pces? Good sounding altissimo tenor m'pces ingeneral?

[Daniel Pliskin]

Sam and all,

I'd try a Kelly plastic mouthpiece.  They're $22.00.  They have a very nice 
high-frequency roll-off, like a soft bell does, but it sounds much better, 
to my ear.  They've got a 12C, which I believe will be the same size as  
Bach 12C.  And the mouthpieces feel really good on your lips...softer and 
warm.

DanP

>From: sabutin <sabutin at mindspring.com>
>To: TROMBONE-L at server5.SAMFORD.EDU
>Subject: [Trombone-l] Curry m'pces? Good sounding altissimo tenor m'pces 
>ingeneral?
>Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 09:02:53 -0500
>
>Hello all...
>
>A couple of questions...
>
>1-Can anyone give me a rundown on Curry m'pces?
>
>I tried a few yesterday at Dillon Music...found one that actually
>worked very well, although I am going to have to go back and check it
>out again because I had to leave to help a sick friend (7M or D, I
>forget now) ...but they seemed all in all to be quite a bit smaller
>than the Bachs whose numbering system they mimic to some degree.
>
>11s, 12s, 7s, in various cup depths.
>
>I can play the Bach 12 or 11 rims ranges quite easily, but my chop
>REALLY didn't fit into the 12 or 11 Currys.
>
>Anybody?
>
>2-Why am I trying m'pces?
>
>I am looking for a one that locks in the altissimo range...above the
>12th partial... on my Shires .500 without sounding like a buzzsaw or
>having a bad blow in normal use.
>
>I am using a NY 12C and/or a NY 11C on it now...both fine sounding
>and playing m'pces...but as I develop my altissimo range I am more
>and more dissatisfied with how they play in the upper partials. I can
>fairly consistently produce the notes through double C with no
>problem now...lots of volume, good sound (Whatever THAT means up
>there.)...but they are totally unlocked on my NY Bachs. I may as well
>be playing a good sounding kazoo.
>
>Anybody know anything?
>
>Either from personal experience or from observation of people who can
>lock up there.
>
>Caveat...I HATE the general timbral characteristics of most so-called
>high range m'pces. I am a big horn player both by nature and
>experience, and when I play most small m'pces it sounds to me like I
>am playing with a metal straight mute in the horn. Plus most of them
>really deteriorate both in their sounds and the way they play in the
>ranges below middle Bb. That's why I am using the NY Bachs. They
>sound big as a house throughout the main ranges of the tenor trombone
>and they are totally "playable" down through the 2nd partial as well.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks...
>
>Sam
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