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I guess I've discovered the answer to my mouthpiece issues – I gotta git one o' them B-flat mouthpieces!
(I think all mine are in concert C. )

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Schilke-47-Ten ... SwEV5fpYAV

So do I need to find a G mouthpiece for my G Bass?

BGuttman wrote: ↑Sun Nov 08, 2020 3:04 pm So do I need to find a G mouthpiece for my G Bass?

And an E-flat piece for your alto trombone!

This brings to mind a story about a tuba player. Apparently, there was a tuba player who showed up for a rehearsal with a community brass band in my area with a C tuba. When rehearsal began, he asked for the “Bass Clef - Tuba in C parts.” He was not asking for the standard bass parts. He was asking for bass clef parts that were transposed down a whole tone so he could play B-flat fingerings on a C tuba.

As it turned out, when he was in high school, his family bought him a C tuba but he never learned the C tuba fingerings. His high school band director wrote out “C tuba parts” for him to use on all of the music!

Can't imagine what those crazies with a Gb Bass play on then

My bass trombone is Bb/F/Gb/D. Do I need four mouthpieces when I play?

Kingfan wrote: ↑Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:25 pm My bass trombone is Bb/F/Gb/D. Do I need four mouthpieces when I play?

No, if you get Parduba double-cup mouthpieces you'll need only two of them.
[That is what these dual-purpose pieces are designed for, isn't it?]

Posaunus wrote: ↑Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:15 pm

Kingfan wrote: ↑Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:25 pm My bass trombone is Bb/F/Gb/D. Do I need four mouthpieces when I play?

No, if you get Parduba double-cup mouthpieces you'll need only two of them.
[That is what these dual-purpose pieces are designed for, isn't it?]

I had no idea how I was going to do four mouthpieces. I thought I was going to have to get a four into one leadpipe adapter and move around like a harmonica player, but hadn't figured out how to cover the three mouthpieces I wasn't playing at the time. All I need now is a two into one adapter with a valve so I can switch on the fly. You are a genius!

A small tenor player needs a mouthpiece with 7 different cup depths. If you have an F valve, you will need 13 different cups. Bass players with independent valves need 24 cups, plus an additional 2 for high G and F#.

Or...

You can practice.

Kbiggs wrote: ↑Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:59 pm A small tenor player needs a mouthpiece with 7 different cup depths. If you have an F valve, you will need 13 different cups. Bass players with independent valves need 24 cups, plus an additional 2 for high G and F#.

Or...

You can practice.

There's another one for the "new gizmos" thread: a mouthpiece with adjustable depths that compensates on the fly.