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sixharmonies
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I recently had a former student contact me in order to update me on their current happenings. Anyways I was asking him about his current equipment that he was performing on and he mentioned a particular stainless steel mouthpiece as one of the pieces that he favored.

Now I know the stainless steel thing has been around, but I was curious as to what other peoples opinions were concerning the stainless steel pieces. Is it a trend or a fad of the moment or can you really hear or maybe feel the difference?

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31st August 2008 20:46 p.m.
maestro
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I think it is all in the head.  Good marketing gimmick.
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05th September 2008 20:34 p.m.
sixharmonies
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Exactly what I think.

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14th September 2008 14:11 p.m.
guest_anonymous
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All in the head is right. I think that titanium mouthpieces will be next. NASA technology meets the tuba mouthpiece!!!!
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26th September 2008 20:42 p.m.
tbnchris
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Just saw it- a titanium tuba mouthpiece. Giddings and Webster- check it out.

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02nd November 2008 02:34 a.m.
maestro
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Now titanium!  What's next the mouthopiece made from one solid diamond?  
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03rd November 2008 01:54 a.m.
jessi
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Titanium, diamonds - What will be next???  Just waiting for the next person to come out with the next big thing.  People are sometimes so easily fooled by gimmicks.

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04th November 2008 15:23 p.m.
sixharmonies
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I am currently reading an older Brass Anthology of articles from the Instrumentalist Magazine.  Interesting article by Ted Evans in '52 titled " Materials for Mouthpieces ".

In it he discussing the experimentation of using various materials like:  plastic, sterling silver, german silver, gold, cadmium and stainless steel.

So stainless steel had been tried many years ago and apparrently did not find wide favor amongst the professional players at the time.

Evans describes the sound of stainless steel as " producing a hard sound "

Maybe this shows that the tonal concept of brass instruments is shifting to a more strident sound?  Or could it be that many players never developed the ear for a warm dark sound?

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19th August 2009 16:13 p.m.
jj
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Maybe this shows that the tonal concept of brass instruments is shifting to a more strident sound?  Or could it be that many players never developed the ear for a warm dark sound?

-sixharmonies

Interesting thought.  I think that tone has changed in general over the years.  Interesting to see what players were thinking 50 years ago.

What is the title of the anthology that you are reading?

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07th September 2009 18:02 p.m.
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