Mouthpieces--Tuba?

tuba269
Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:43:49 +0000

Tubenet will get you some interesting responses. It’s a certain segment of the tuba community with some pretty unorthodox views.

Some teachers will be all right with a Kelly mouthpiece, but I’d keep it to marching band and pep band. Are you going to be a music major? If so, you should maybe ask your teacher what he or she thinks a good mouthpiece might be, and try to find a used one on Tubenet. If not, get what feels good, and a Kelly might be great if you’re just using it for marching band and stuff. The 24AW is tiny, but the 18 is a little bigger.

If you’re majoring in music, you might want to look into some of the reasonably-sized Perantucci mouthpieces (like the PT48 or something; the 50 and the 88 are buckets). I also know a lot of people who really like the G & W Baer CC.