Mouthpieces for early Buescher True Tone Trumpets--what works?
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Hello,
This is my first post here; I have an old True Tone from the late '20s (narrow receiver) with a newer Bach mouthpiece that doesn't fit well. I did some research and found that the standard True Tone mouthpieces from the time are shorter and have a different taper and cup which suit these horns best. Problem is, they rarely ever show up for sale, and when they do, it's price gougers asking the same price as a True Tone horn in good shape! A fair price would be about 40-60 according to eBay Terapeak data.
Are there any reasonably priced alternatives, ideally at or below that price? I've heard people suggest the Holton Heim 1 but that's not exactly cheap either.
Thank you in advance for your suggestions. -
@TrueToneGoldWash On my collection of Bueschers - a #12 with Bb to A rotor valve, a #9 and a 243 - that they work best with cheapo Arnold & Sons Bach clones if you shorten the shank by about 4 millimetres and take off the outside silver plate on the shank - or use an Arnold & Sons cornet mouthpiece with a suitably altered converter. And Arnold & Sons mouthpieces (sometimes marketed as Stoelzel) are reliable clones of good Bach mouthpieces, at ridiculously low prices...
Unaltered Arnold & Sons mouthpieces work very well wth all my other horns... Courtois Balanced, Olds Recording, Gaudet C, Courtois D...
