TromboneChat

Well Hello There!

Long time lurker, first time poster here!

I recently came back from a 25 year hiatus to playing trombone/euphonium. I have purchased several mouthpieces of various makes and sizes to find out what my current embochure/level is the most comfortable with. Ill list them here below, but my question is what would be a similar mouthpiece to a Bach Artisan 5g size wise and cup wise but would have the sharper/flatter rim style of the DC4. I find that the 5g/51D are my sweetspot currently for range and endurance but for technical aspects the DC4 is very clean. So I'd love to find a mix of the two as multiple trained ears have stated they like my sound from the Artisan 5G the best.

Mouthpieces I currently own:

Bach 6.5AL
Bach 6.5A
Bach Artisan 5G
Schilke 51D
Alliance DC4
SM4UH
SM6U

Thanks for the inputs!

If your Artisan 5G sounds the best, then I would advise to stick with that for now. You’ve stated that you’ve just come back to the trombone after 25 years, so give yourself some time to practice before going down the mouthpiece rabbit hole.

JeffBone44 wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 1:55 am If your Artisan 5G sounds the best, then I would advise to stick with that for now. You’ve stated that you’ve just come back to the trombone after 25 years, so give yourself some time to practice before going down the mouthpiece rabbit hole.

Too late for that! Already swimming in the rabbit hole!

MrKirk wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:26 am

JeffBone44 wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 1:55 am If your Artisan 5G sounds the best, then I would advise to stick with that for now. You’ve stated that you’ve just come back to the trombone after 25 years, so give yourself some time to practice before going down the mouthpiece rabbit hole.

Too late for that! Already swimming in the rabbit hole!

That’s a shame