It's not exactly the answer to the question you've asked, and while I don't know the Shilke 27, I have seen Clevenger's mouthpiece, and don't recall the diameter as particularly small-- but why not try a bigger reed on the difficult notes (open the opening of your lips in the mouthpiece--do it mentally and it should likely have a physical counterpart). Just a thought.
Shel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stacy Devino Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 8:53 PM To: The Horn List Subject: [Hornlist] (no subject) I have a horn teacher that basically insists that all of his horn students play a shilke 27 in gold(preferable) when they are of a certain skill level. The guy knows what he is talking about - former CSO and first student of Clevenger, but I am not the average player. Switching to the cup improved everything from my low range to my highs with much better attack - yet still able to keep a sweet tone. The problem is that I have the lips of a tuba player and though I play very well with this mouthpiece (2 years), I have noticed that sometimes notes just won't want to come out because of the small diameter. I love the rim shape and the cup, so does anyone know of a similar mouthpiece in gold with a standard size diameter? _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/skirshner%40ameritech.net _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
