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A Horn Maker on Mouthpieces

PUBLISHED: October 28, 2010, John Ericson

How you perceive the playing qualities of a horn you are testing will be impacted quite a bit by what horn you have been playing lately and by mouthpiece choice and fit. At present myself I always have available three versions of my mouthpiece of choice, a standard shank version, a slightly smaller than standard [...]

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European Shank Mouthpieces

PUBLISHED: May 6, 2010, John Ericson

Several mouthpiece makers catering to the North American market now produce mouthpieces with a European shank. It is a topic a lot of horn players and teachers still seem somewhat unaware of and is actually quite important to consider depending on the model of your horn. Some horns will certainly play better with a mouthpiece [...]

The Mouthpiece Wheel of Doom

PUBLISHED: September 17, 2009, John Ericson
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The topic of Episode 94 of The Mellocast is the Mouthpiece Wheel of Doom. It is a term jazz hornist Mark Taylor uses relating to the testing of horn mouthpieces, and for sure since the recording of the show I have entered yet again a phase of mouthpiece testing. Even before the show I was [...]

Purchases at the IHS Illinois Symposium

PUBLISHED: June 15, 2009, John Ericson

A horn symposium is a great place to check out new and unfamiliar older horn related items. At past symposiums I have certainly purchased more, but when you get down to it I personally have a lot of older publications (for example at least half of what McCoy’s Horn Library sells) so I was not [...]

Lips, the Mouthpiece, and Aging

PUBLISHED: June 4, 2008, John Ericson

In the most recent issue of The Horn Call (May, 2008) there is an interesting article by Frøydis Ree Wekre on horn playing and aging. I recommend the article, but one topic not addressed was that of the mouthpiece and aging. It was a topic I was thinking about a lot back when I made [...]

New Horn, New Mouthpiece

PUBLISHED: March 18, 2008, John Ericson

No, I don’t have a new horn. But I feel a bit like I do, or I have one back, as I recently received a new rim. First, one overall point. When you switch horns it is common to need to switch or change mouthpiece. Not every mouthpiece will work in every horn due to [...]

What Mouthpiece for a New Horn Player?

PUBLISHED: February 5, 2008, John Ericson

I have long had a page of suggested horns and mouthpieces in my main site. However, one topic to expand upon is the topic of mouthpieces for beginners, a topic I was asked again about very recently. The question any band director or horn teacher needs to ponder is what mouthpieces will give a new [...]

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