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I agree. There is also a very closely related model of this that has worked well for a number of years: Doug Elliott Mouthpieces.

A subscription fee would probably be the easiest. A person pays maybe $10-20 for XX amount of time, and gets to demo as many mouthpieces as they want...

Well, on reflection, there may in fact be a business opportunity here for you if you wanted to go in that direction. There are several approaches...

This is my concern as well - I haven't quite figured it out yet, but I'm working on it.

Happy belated birthday then!

I actually do. (gold plated, large shank) I had forgotten how many I had ordered, so actually have a couple extra. :) Feel free to PM me.

Love that "bag of prunes". They can set you free...

Dropping price to $7500

The Mike McLean mute has sold for $50. The Denis Wick (https://www.ebay.com/itm/266428035074) and Best Brass (https://www.ebay.com/itm/266422059304)...

That is a nice touch. I've seen too many cases (pun not intended) where the handle is an unreinforced leather strap that after 10-20 years just...

Yes, exactly. Transposing is in itself an intermediate action independent of the seeing-to-doing action as you read and play music. It is, in...

Once things click, you are neither transposing nor referencing alternate fingering “on the fly”.

Yes, the Eb on my Sovereign is so sharp it makes my hair stand up on end. Lipping notes down isn't hard to do. I think its easier than lipping notes...

I transpose. Don't want to learn "new fingerings." When I'm handed a euph treble clef part I read it as tenor clef and add 2 flats, Started as a bone...

I am shamed by the few "professional" tuba players I know. Hard to feel good about myself being able to read TC (I occasionally pick up my...

Yup - I do know about the Tuba forum but haven't ventured there yet.. So there are different bore sizes for tubas too!? I have 3 different sizes of...

I thought I'd seen conversations about your "sweet old Willson" before, but can't locate them. So, I have to ask... What model (and...

I play a Besson Sovereign euph and have landed on using the Wick 4AL. Tried the Schilke 51 D, 52 D, 52 E2, and an ACB 1, The ACB 1 was better for me...

I have a sweet old Willson that I dearly love, but there are definitely issues with intonation. Being, as I am, a woodwind “transplant” alternate...

Just to clarify on my old trumpet, commonly referred to as “Old Gold” in our household, I’m not attempting to have the same sound from the old horn...

Definitely true. My Sovereign with my K&G 4D+, Wick 4AL, and Wick SM4X all have different tendencies. To be honest, I think the SM4X has better...

12 for 6th partial Concert F when you REALLY need to lower it

My favorite solution on a FOUR valve NS was to use 13. However, that will probably be flat on a compensating 3-valve NS. My Sovereign baritone has...

one should always worry about stumbling clarinet players.

I will share my current favorite because it is fresh on my mind. I have been playing through Bordogni/Rochut etudes and this week I discovered that...

Also, if you're looking for a tuba to buy, you do know about the Tuba Forum, right? https://www.tubaforum.net/