You should use a medium sized mouthpiece with an 8-D. After you play on it
a while, you will be able to produce a good tone and you high register will
be fine. I put a Lawson leadpipe on my 8-D (made in 1968) and it was much
better in the high register. Recently, I started using a small mouthpiece
on my Paxman Model 20L which is slightly larger than an 8-D. I was
surprised to find that it worked very well in the low register and the high
register is great. It is interesting to note that the mouthpiece that comes
with the 8-D (7B-W) is a small mouthpiece. Maybe the company knows what
they are doing?
CORdially,
Luke Zyla
2nd horn, WV Symphony Orchestra
www.wvsymphony.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Scriva" <blackhawkjoe2...@yahoo.com>
To: <horn@music.memphis.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 6:49 PM
Subject: [Hornlist] Mouthpiece problem
Dear list,
It seems that i've just run into a problem. I recently got a new Conn 8DS
(screw bell). Im in highschool and ive wanted it for a while, so i was very
happy. I also got a new Denis Wick 4N (largest cup, narrow rim). I used to
play on a Laskey 70G and i felt like i was playing a trumpet (on the schools
yamaha that i was using atleast) so i bought the mouthpiece before i got the
horn. The 4N makes the 8DS sound amazing with a big, fat, rich and creamy
tone, well atleast up until high F. My normal range usually includes
everything up to high C. but this mouthpiece makes my tone sound very
shallow up till high G, then i cant play anything above that. i figured i
better try out my trusty old Laskey to see if i can still hit it. the laskey
made me sound so terrible and pinched, and feels so small now, but i could
hit a high C and then some. it seems to me that i've gotten too accustomed
to the 4N, because of its large cup and rim size. Am i right? should
i keep practicing on the 4N until i can strengthen my lips? are there
anyways to speed up the process?
Thanks,
Joe
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