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Thread: Euphonium Shank Sizes

  1. #11
    Quote Originally Posted by ghmerrill View Post
    I wouldn't expect any current or recent production instruments to have receivers of those sizes.
    I think they stopped doing this now, but as recent as a few years ago Conn 88H trombones were shipping with several removable leadpipes, and one of them had a remington taper receiver in it.
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  2. Quote Originally Posted by iiipopes View Post
    I must disagree. The Remington taper is a slightly different angle than the "medium" shank size of, for example, the Besson/B&H Euph receivers prior to the mid '70's.
    iiipopes. I knew that the CONN 24I/25I were not the same as the 88H Remington shank. So I will agree it is not Remington. Everything else that I said is true.

    A Euro medium shank will bottom out and not engage in the receiver without being shaved. If 1/4" or so is removed, it will work nicely. The Conn tenor shank adapter that came with the Connstellation worked nicely in the Besson New Standard, but the Besson adapter that came with the older medium shank New Standards would wobble in the Conn. I have played with this adaptation (pun intended) since 1965 when I played my first Connstellation (still have one).
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  3. #13
    I just deleted a post because it was getting more pointed than I'm comfortable with. Let's all be respectful, and avoid sarcasm. Thanks!
    Last edited by davewerden; 01-21-2019 at 06:14 PM.
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  4. Quote Originally Posted by davewerden View Post
    Euphonium mouthpieces come in 3 sizes. There is the small, tenor-trombone-size shank, which fits a Yamaha 321 and most of the old American baritone/euphonium instruments. The middle size, which is called the Euro shank, fits the old Bessons (pre 1974) and most Willsons. And the large, bass-trombone-size shank fits most modern euphoniums.

    Speaking a little roughly, if you measure the small end of the mouthpiece, you'll find this:

    Small, tenor trombone-size shank: 7/16" or 11mm
    Large, bass trombone-size shank: 1/2" or 12mm

    The medium (European) shank measures about halfway between the other 2, or 15/32" or 11.5mm

    I checked with a AAA battery, and the diameter is very close to the end of the small shank mouthpiece. The AAA battery ALMOST fits inside the end of the large shank.
    The length of the shank of a mouthpiece can vary within a given taper size. Also, some mouthpieces have had the end shortened for various reasons (damage, "gap" adjustment etc.) This matters when measuring the end of the shank to determine mouthpiece size because the longer the shank, the smaller the diameter at the end and obviously the shorter the shank, the wider the end diameter due to it being tapered.

    What actually matters is the inside diameter of the receiver which the mouthpiece shank goes into.
    Kelly Mouthpieces has a nice chart giving these dimensions:

    https://www.kellymouthpieces.com/shanks/index.asp

    After reading some of the discussions on mouthpiece to lead-pipe "gap" as well as other threads on poorly fitting shanks, I think the problem some people are encountering is the end of the mouthpiece shank bottoming out against the lead-pipe inside the receiver such that the taper of the shank does not quite fully seat into the taper of the receiver. Filing off a bit of the end of the shank would fix this. Note that unlike an adjustable gap receiver, this is simply allowing the mouthpiece to fully seat into the receiver. An adjustable gap allows for tuning of the tubing prior to the valve section. Most people will never encounter a problem in this. But, in the world of repair of student/school instruments, the receiver and lead-pipes can take a beating in the field and may need to be rebuilt/replaced. The slight variations in mouthpiece shank length and tuning problems can become evident if a receiver is set too far in or out when it is replaced.
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  5. #15
    Since this has been revived, I have a weird question.

    I tried a King 2280 years ago and even though it's marked as a "large shank" receiver, none of my mouthpieces seemed to fit correctly. It wasn't completely incorrect, but just didn't "fit" and snug into place. I used Schilke and Wick mp's, but I don't think I tried a large shank Bach. Then more recently I tried a Yamaha Bass Trombone and had the same issue. This one came with a Schilke 59 that I tried in my Euph and noticed it stuck out farther than in the Bass Trombone.

    Is there a specific "Bass Trombone" shank out there, different from a Large Shank?

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    Is there a shank size for British style baritone that is the diameter of a trumpet mouthpiece? I picked up an old Pierre Sartel horn that turned out to be in Bb (high pitch) with a trumpet mouthpiece fitting in it.
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  7. #17
    Quote Originally Posted by jervin View Post
    Is there a shank size for British style baritone that is the diameter of a trumpet mouthpiece? I picked up an old Pierre Sartel horn that turned out to be in Bb (high pitch) with a trumpet mouthpiece fitting in it.
    I had a similar instrument a few decades ago. It was a Champion Silver Piston. I THINK this was a Bb tenor horn, and the mouthpiece that came with (not sure if it was original equipment) it had a trumpet size shank and a cup in between a trumpet and euphonium size.

    I sanded down a tenor trombone mouthpiece enough that it fit in a quarter inch or so and used it like a baritone.
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  8. #18
    19th and early 20th century all bets are off as far as shank sizes, there are so many variations. I have a few Bb tenor horns that have much smaller receivers than modern small shank.

    Champion Silver Piston I believe was sold by Lyon & Healy and manufactured by Bohland and Fuchs in what is now Czech Republic.

    I don't know too much about Pierre Sartel, this page suggests it was a fictitious name for Bohland and Fuchs instruments sold by a music store in Cleveland, but the NMM web site shows a few from their collection and says made in Paris... so... who knows.

    http://www.brasshistory.net/McMillin%20History.pdf


    My approach for mouthpieces for instruments like these is to find original mouthpieces - go to music stores and ask to look at all their used mouthpieces. Once in a while their big tubs of used mouthpieces will have some of these antiques that will fit. These instruments tend to play better with period mouthpieces, too - intonation just works better.
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    Thank you Dave and Barry for the information! I'll see if I can find an old timey mouthpiece to fit it and in the meantime try fitting a small shank trombone mouthpiece for now.

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  10. Sounds like a place to revisit one of my old questions.
    In my collection is a 1924 Buescher Double Bell.
    Mouthpiece receiver appears to be in good shape and unmodified.
    It appears to need something slightly larger than a small shank / tenor mouthpiece, but slightly smaller than my Denis Wick medium shanks.
    Bach small shank goes in too far and the Denis Wick medium shank not far enough.
    Anybody got some experience with vintage Buescher Euphs?
    Eventually will get around to a custom adapter.
    Thanks,
    Jim
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