The Brass Band Forum

Years ago I found an old Denis Wick mouthpiece among a selection of second hand mouthpieces in a music shop...I think It was an 11X.. it was a very shallow but wide bowl and a very thick rim ...very uncharacteristic for a Denis Wick and thats what struck me about it...It was a jazz trumpet mouthpiec...

Actually...our MD has told us tonight that he has put out an ad for a sop player and has had a few interested parties as well as 2 within the band.... It will go to audition...in which case I am up against people who are in practice so I dont recon I got much chance...but then again ..I may surprise...

I have recently returned to brass banding after being invited to play percussion with my ex band of many years at the British nationals final in cheltenham (we came 2nd by the way)...as well as being an accomplished percussionist I used to be a soprano cornet player for many years and always though ...

Does anyone know of any companies who recondition/ restore mouthpieces to their original condition (or at least better than they are now?) I have an old Soprano cornet mouthpiece that I bought 2nd hand decades ago and i want to start playing again and I need the dents smoothing out and re -plating

Friday night the comittee of the band approached me and said i was to be given the soprano seat. There was another guy trying out with me who had more experiance but I was favoured as he has other comittments and is about to join the army. Two players in the band who give the other bloke a lift to ...

Friday night the comittee of the band approached me and said i was to be given the soprano seat. There was another guy trying out with me who had more experiance but I was favoured as he has other comittments and is about to join the army. Two players in the band who give the other bloke a lift to ...

I have read the rest of this thread having already replied once but I notice a lot of , what I call "credit card " advice IE... speculation about what type of cornet you have and what you should spend money on to make you better.... well.. its down to making something of what you have..if ...

I have been playing sop for about 2 months. I have been struggling with producing a warm sound (cornet sound). I am a trumpet player in Canada and everything I play on the Sop sounds "trumpety". Having been a cornet player as long as you have... do you have any advice on how to warm up my...

I have started learning trombone (I used to play sop but cant anymore because of dental work ) I have noticed that alot of old trombone copies especially marches are written in tenor clef and I only read treble.. I discovered today that if I knock off 2flats from the key signature and then convert t...

I played sop for many years and loved every minute of it..it is an amazing instrument to play. That is the first thing you have to ask yourself Do I really like soprano and do I want to be a sop player? Bear in mind that being a sop player is NOT just like being a Bflat cornetist only higher..It is ...