Hello everyone this is my first post here but I have lurked for many years. Thanks to everyone for their generosity with their knowledge. A little background. I am a former professional player ( Band of H M Royal Marines ) and now a retired music educator. I have always been curious about the mouthpieces that Mr Groom and Mr Clough were using at the time that they were a great influence on my concept of euphonium sound, late '60's and 70's. They both seem to have a very intense centred and ringing sound more so than the Wick 4AL that I used for about 40 years created. For health reasons which I won't bore you with the vibration feedback from the classic Wick shape is now proving difficult and I may need to change. I think I have seen pictures of Mr Groom from this time using a Bach mouthpiece with his New Standard euph eg. on the cover of the GUS Quartets for Brass LP. Does anyone have any info on this ? Also Mr Clough especially late 70's Dyke eg Triple Champions LP. I realise that a large part of the sound is the fact that they were using the older New Standard medium bore euph and an even larger part is that they are them! Just curious, does anyone have any info? Perhaps Messers Groom and Clough are out there?
Cheers Peter.