Olds ambassador cornet mouthpiece shank size
Its surprising how much some apparently small mouthpieces will take (try comparing a smaller Jet-Tone trumpet mouthpiece with a standard Bach 7c - the apparently small Jet-Tone will handle as much flow). Vintage Olds Ambassador Cornet Fullerton 3rd And 2nd Slide Only. 67 Ambassador is fine with any standard shank long cornet mouthpiece. Something around a Bach 7 size should do the trick. You can test the relative resistances of two mouthpieces by running a constant stream of water into them from a tap and observing how much it will take before the cup starts to overflow. You should be able to find many choices in a larger size. The shape of the cup of a mouthpiece also affects resistance with flatter, shallower cups generally being more resistive. Short shank with "BC" tops for UK market #20 (unconfirmed though as I have not seen one personally) (Warburton make #23 mouthpieces as a standard option so these are also in circulation but marked "23") Wick seem to have recognise this issue by making a 4 ½ which is identical to the 4 but with a narrower #16 throat.ĭavid King - 4.60mm #15 (presumably influenced by the Wick standard of larger throats)
OLDS AMBASSADOR CORNET MOUTHPIECE SHANK SIZE SERIAL
I feel that they tend to encourage over blowing in modern, freer blowing, instruments. much wort ,price diseng agle big front size, olds serial num. These mouthpieces were originally designed for the old Imperial and early Sovereign cornets which had more resistance than current models. I do not know what throat sizes these use. Schilke now make deep V shaped "symphony" models. Standard line - #26 (except models with "A" backbore which are #27) Megatone - #26, 3.73mm (larger throat designed to overcome the tight feeling that results from the larger mass of the megatone mouthpiece)īach used to (maybe still) do custom mouthpiece work and I have seen a 5V (very deep V cup) with a larger #20 throat that was stamped "20" in the factory. Its possible to compensate against a very resistive instrument by using a mouthpiece with a larger throat (bore) size or against a very open instrument by using a tighter mouthpiece. VINTAGE OLDS TRUMPET MOUTHPIECE No size on price. Throat size is one element in determining the resistance of the system (the others being instrument bore size, mouthpiece gap and embouchure aperture). Olds 3 Trumpet Mouthpiece 1950s Vintage Original Silver Plated. For a description of what these sizes mean see Jim Donaldson's very informative article here. I have converted the sizes to US drill sizes for easier comparison. Following on from my article about choosing a cornet mouthpiece which includes a discussion of balancing out the resistance I thought I would share my knowledge of cornet mouthpiece throat sizes.