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Mouthpiece Update for 2008

PUBLISHED: January 20, 2008, John Ericson

Readers seem to always be curious about mouthpieces, so an update is in order. I have several concerts coming in the next month [Feb, 2008], and for them I have settled into the following. Horn: While I still play double horn in lessons often, in reality I am mostly playing my triple. I was using [...]

Keeping it Interesting

PUBLISHED: October 21, 2007, John Ericson

A few years back I was speaking with another horn teacher, a well known one, and he commented that he changed horn and mouthpiece every couple years “to keep it interesting.” While there is probably a danger to making things too interesting, there is something to be said for keeping your eyes open and trying [...]

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Laskey G or Laskey J

PUBLISHED: October 7, 2007, John Ericson

Regular readers know that I have tried a lot of mouthpieces over the years and for the past nine months or so have been playing a Laskey mouthpiece, the 80G. Their G cup is a great cup and has been received very well by many of my current students, the 75G being very popular. It [...]

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Is a Heavy Mouthpiece Better?

PUBLISHED: July 4, 2007, John Ericson

A blog reader, a high school student, wrote in after reading the recent mellophone mouthpiece series asking about heavy mouthpieces. Are they better? The question was in reference to the IYM heavy mouthpieces, available for a number of brass instruments including horn and mellophone. I have experimented with weight a good bit. First the obvious; [...]

The Black Art of Mouthpiece Making

PUBLISHED: April 23, 2007, John Ericson

I am now the proud owner of three Laskey 80G mouthpieces. I am very impressed with the quality control exhibited by Laskey in their production. Even with my dial calipers I can’t detect any significant variation between the three. Most of the time if you compare two or three mouthpieces by the same maker this [...]

Mouthpiece Trial FAQ

PUBLISHED: February 4, 2007, John Ericson

You have been trying mouthpieces lately? Yes, the post last week is correct, I am trying mouthpieces, and over the years I have tried lots and lots of mouthpieces. I have noticed there are two categories of players, those that won’t even try a new mouthpiece unless they have a couple months off to try [...]

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