Which MP brand is used most?

trickg · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 3:22 pm Post subject:

Ok, right or wrong, which mouthpiece maker do you suppose is used by the most players?

Over the last month I've been seeing a lot of information about different makers and what they offer, but which brand is really the most used?

To make it even more interesting, we could say which brand is used most by Students? Professionals?

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Kenman · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 4:26 pm Post subject:

Bach..

NCTrumpet · Veteran Member Joined: 03 Jan 2002 Posts: 113

In my experience, the most 'common' mouthpieces have been Bach, Yamaha, and Schilke. After that comes Warburton, Marcino#%$@&, Bob Reeves, Stork, Giardinelli. These don't necessarily represent the absolute best in high tech design, but if you play on a Bach 'whatever' and it works for YOU, than it might as well be the best.

Trivia for the day:

Can anyone tell me exactly why Vincent Bach labeled his mp's whith cup sizes A,B,C,D,E etc., and larger rim diameters with smaller numbers???? The answer may surprize you.

JC!

loudog · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 7:19 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure why Bach used the numberings he did, but he used the letters for a reason. Bach was an advocate of using the same rim size for each trumpet, but a smaller one for a smaller keyed instrument...thus one would use a 3B on his B-flat, a 3C on his C, a 3D on his D trumpet, and so on.

Louie

j_rowe · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2002 7:26 pm Post subject:

Freshy24 · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 1:58 pm Post subject:

Do you think Dennis Wick is a popular for Trumpet players. There seems to be a few around but I tend to see them on trombones more?

I agree I think Vincent Bach is most popular!

I think a student would be more likely to use a yamaha and a pro would use a bach!

PH · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 2:10 pm Post subject:

The last industry statistics I saw showed that Bach mouthpieces outsold all other brands combined. I know that, with the exception of high note specialist/lead players, I see more pros and top students playing Bach than any other brand by far.

A few years ago I would have said that the other mouthpieces I saw a lot were Schilke and Reeves. These days I seem to see Monette, Marcinkenstein, and Stork the next most frequently.

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MightyDon · Regular Member Joined: 14 Dec 2001 Posts: 87

OLD STANDARD BACH 1 1/2 C AND 3 C (FROM HELL!)

I would venture only a guess....

That today....A 14A-4A perhaps....rules the roost.

)) then again.

_Don Herman · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 7:10 am Post subject:

Well, the 14A4a is Schilke's most popular mpc (per the Schilke Loyalist site; must be all those screamers out there) but total sales can't hold a candle to Bach. There's a 7C shipped with 'bout every Bach sold -- think of that! - Don
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mafields627 · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 9:42 am Post subject:

Not to mention all the band directors who move _all_ their trumpets up to a 3C or 1.5C regardless of whether it's the right piece or not. I'd bet 75% of those conversions are to Bach pieces.
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Cozy · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2002 11:50 pm Post subject:

Grew up on 7C. I have it ceremoniously and appropriately, I might add, displayed with my antique radio. My college profs switched me to another Bach, 1 1/2C. Years later, I play a Callet DT-10 and GR e62MS. After all these years, the 7C is still king.
Bach, Schilke, Marcinkiewicz et al. have lots of competition now. Reeves seems to have lost ground. Reeves' valve alignments are popular. Don't see his fine mpc's around as much. Monettes are hot, if pricey. Callet and GR are turning heads.

"In the end there will be nothing left but roaches, rats, fruitcakes, tired band parents, empty practice rooms and 7Cs." Cozy

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_PhilPicc · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2002 7:30 am Post subject:

In David Hickmans "The Piccolo Trumpet Big Book" there are interviews with 14 trumpet players. Among the questions were what size mouthpiec do you play for picc and regular Bb & C.

The totals on both picc and big horn came out the same. Bach 5 - others 9

Of American players the totals were Bach 4 - others 2

I do not know publish date

FWIW Philip Smith/New York Philharmonic
Picc - Bach 7E #25 throat #117 backbore.
Bb/C - Bach 1C rim B underpart #24throat #24 backbore.

Regards
Philip S.