A Trumpet Mouthpiece I can Manage
For years and years I felt that I simply sounded awful on trumpet. This year however with the retirement of our longtime trombone professor Gail Wilson I took over leading the brass methods 
classes and with that, I also checked out a trumpet to give it another try. I started on trumpet in 6th grade and played it to ninth, and I have taught a few private students over the years, so I know something about it but I never before now attempted to demonstrate anything on a trumpet, I always demonstrated in trumpet lessons on horn.
This time I however had an idea, would the Curry 1HTF mouthpiece that is popular on marching mellophone work, for my purposes as a horn teacher playing trumpet? Actually it works pretty well, my embouchure fits the thing and it sounds really pretty good. If you are a horn teacher teaching some trumpet lessons this is a model to try for your own demo playing on the instrument, I really can’t manage on a standard mouthpiece like a Bach 7C. But, on the record, I don’t recommend trying to double in any serious way between trumpet and horn, it can only lead to frustration.
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