Monette Silver B6 Mouthpiece

[TimbreDeBrass]

Currently I am still a student (albeit I am an older student, aka College age), I was wondering if it was worth it to make an investment in a monette mouthpiece? Currently I am using a standard Bach 3c and am looking to find something different.

(The Monette B6 is roughly equivalent to the size of a 3c mouthpiece)

Anyone have any experience/suggestions with monette mouthpieces?

If it helps I am playing on a Bach Stradivarius lightweight 43 medium bore horn.

Edited April 18, 2012 by TimbreDeBrass

[GeneralTsoChicken]

Currently I am still a student (albeit I am an older student, aka College age), I was wondering if it was worth it to make an investment in a monette mouthpiece? Currently I am using a standard Bach 3c and am looking to find something different.

(The Monette B6 is roughly equivalent to the size of a 3c mouthpiece)

Anyone have any experience/suggestions with monette mouthpieces?

If it helps I am playing on a Bach Stradivarius lightweight 43 medium bore horn.

I don't think the monettes are worth the money.

I would go with a Hickman/Giddings and Webster/Big Boy or one of the others in that line.

These bad (big, hehee) boys sound awesome, are stainless steel so they respond well, are stainless steel so they last better, are stainless steel so they can have a sharp shank point to get rid of the mouthpiece bubble, are huge so you can get a wide range of timbres out of the horn, and you can get them in both shiny and satin.

If you are a wet player, get the satin. That way you can still get adequate grip on the mouthpiece to change registers without changing embouchures.

If you are a dry player, get the shiny. That way you have the slickness on the mouthpiece to be able to move around in a way you can't do on a silver clad mouthpiece (and only slightly better on a gold mouthpiece).

[Dave]

Why do you want to change mouthpieces?

[GeneralTsoChicken]

Why do you want to change mouthpieces?

:) Because they are a trumpet player's form of currency. :)