Looking at my Besson Prestige you can see, in addition to the customization of the color compared to the original, the application of LefreQue plates and a heavy lower cap on the fourth valve. Does all this additional weight on an instrument already heavy of its own bring objective improvements or is what we perceive as an improvement only the result of suggestion? With the instrument set up in this way it is easier for me to reach the notes of the high register with certainty, with the dreaded C # easy and safe, while the heavy cap on the fourth makes the notes of the low register more full-bodied. For the heavy-light top caps I can't tell the difference, so now I'm trying what Steven Mead suggested, we'll see. I think everyone has to experiment and find the combination that suits them best. On the New Standard and the French Tuba I have not added anything, everything is fine as it is.
Last edited by franz; 11-03-2022 at 08:15 AM.
2007 Besson Prestige 2052, 3D+ K&G mouthpiece; JP373 baritone, 4B modified K&G mouthpiece; Bach 42GO trombone, T4C K&G mouthpiece; 1973 Besson New Standard 3 compensated valves, 3D+ K&G modified mouthpiece; Wessex French C tuba, 3D+ K&G modified mouthpiece.