Truetone Soprano mouthpieces

[robert brunsdon]

Hi Everyone,

My question is, if you play a True Tone Soprano, what mouthpiece do you use? I use a Selmer Super Session H. That seems to work best for me. I have a Bari HR that works well too. I tried a metal Yanagisawa but the tuning suffered. I'm interested in mouthpieces you can play without shortening them so that they play in tune. Thanks,

Robert

[DavidW]

I have a curved True Tone that plays very well with the original Buescher mouthpiece. I also got one from Chu Jerry with a more open tip that works very well (I believe he made it from an old Buescher blank).

[Grumps]

Found a great match for mine in a Super Session I some years ago. When I found a discounted H for sale I thought I'd give it a go; trying something that might not be as much work. Hated it though. That's when I figured what the heck and tried a J, as others had advised. Even better. The soprano Super Sessions just seem to get better the more open they are.

[JonF992]

Bari Gold metal works best for me, followed by Yanagisawa ebonite. I've tried a metal Runyon, which was OK, and a Selmer C** S80, which was dull, dull, dull. Bari easily the best both in terms of tone and intonation.

[Yofis]

Hi Everyone,

My question is, if you play a True Tone Soprano, what mouthpiece do you use? I use a Selmer Super Session H.

That's just crazy...I use the exact same piece. It was the best mpc out of several that I tried that had good intonation up and down the scale. I am actively reducing the hardness of reeds though, from 3.5 to...? Something about old age and jaw fatigue and crap like that.

[Baltimore B]

An old Selmer metal scroll soloist. C* Nice and dark and works beautifully on my TT and Martin.
I sometimes use the original TT piece with my Buescher, not as powerful but so, so pretty!

[bruce bailey]

pretty much anything you want!

[Palomorado]

I have an old Meyer 5m that sings on mine!
Great intonation...and mines in C!!!

[bassax]

I used to play my curved Buescher TT with an old Buescher piece slightly opened up, great soft classical tone but a bit difficult to play in tune over the whole register.

The intonation improved when I changed to a vintage Selmer C** Soloist. The tone is a bit jazzier but I don't mind that at all. I guess the smaller chamber just works better for me.

[BeyondSax]

I agree with Bruce Bailey. I have played straight and curved Bueschers with everything from a Vandoren S27/SL3/SL4 to Yani 5 to Meyer 5 to Otto Link 5 and many more pieces and not had a problem with intonation.

[Honeyboy]

I have a very old curved Truetone-(no F). The original Truetone mouthpiece plays flat for me. I've had good luck, believe it or not, with a 7* STM and also my Super Session I. These play in tune quite well and modernize the tone a bit.

[jicaino]

meyer new york 8 oem
vandoren V16 S7 and S8 soloist chamber clones
bari HR 72
Super Session J enlargened chamber
OEM oval logo stubby

I like the tone better with larger chambers but the emission of the high notes is better with squeeze chambers if they aren't too small.

[bruce bailey]

AS with most vintage sopranos, the large chambered mouthpieces tend to have better intonation. Today I went through a bunch of mouthpieces on a TT straight I just finished. The fatties worked well but just didn't have quite the projection of the modern pieces. My Super Session was good but a bit edgy. I found the Yamaha 5C to be the best followed by the 4C. The Yamaha Custom had a bit of trouble with intervals. One think I do on many older horns (Including this Buescher) is to put a plastic sleeve (Q-tip shaft, blue) in the upper octave pip. The hole is so large that A2, B2 and C2 were screaming sharp before. This can be removed when needed.

[zxcvbnm]

I've been using one of jicaino's large chamber mouthpieces on my curved Buescher. Simply amazing.

[robert brunsdon]

Thanks for the replies. I think this is the longest thread that I have started.