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    • Dale Proctor
      Dale Proctor last edited by

      Is anyone here a Curry mouthpiece fan? I currently have 4 that I use, and sold 3 in the past that I didn’t care for. Left to right - 3B., 3C., 3M., and 3BBC.

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      1976 Bach Strad ML 43 trumpet
      1960 Conn 6B Victor trumpet
      1982 Bach Strad ML 239 C trumpet
      1970 Olds Ambassador Eb/D trumpet
      1993 Bach Strad L 184G cornet
      1962 Conn 9A Victor cornet
      1890 Besson A/Bb/C cornet
      1870? Henry Lehnert SARV cornet

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      • J. Jericho
        J. Jericho last edited by

        I have a 3DC. for my cornet. It's nice, but I like my Benge 3 better.

        I have a 3TC. for my Olds Special trumpet. It's a little deeper and more V-shaped than a Bach 3C, enabling me to approximate the timbre and playing characteristics of my Olds Studio trumpet.

        I bought a 3M., but it didn't play as well as my Bach 3C for me, so I returned it.

        One minor thing about them that I don't like is the shape. It's all taper with nothing much to hold onto when handling them, making doing so slightly awkward.

        '62 Olds Studio Trumpet
        '72 Olds Special Trumpet
        2013 Dillon Pocket Trumpet
        '83 Yamaha YFH-731 Flugelhorn
        1919 York Perfec-Tone Cornet
        '50 Olds Studio Trombone
        Shofar

        "If it was just up to me, I'd only have trumpet players on my show." - Jackie Gleason

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        • Dale Proctor
          Dale Proctor @J. Jericho last edited by

          @J-Jericho
          In the past, I had both a 3DC. and a 3TC. for cornet and didn’t like either one - the DC was too bright and I had squirrley intonation with the TC. I also had a 3Z. trumpet piece for a while and it was just too shallow and bright.

          The shape doesn’t bother me (I appreciate the small amount of extra mass), but I wish the size markings were a little larger. When you have 2 or 3 of them in the case and the lighting isn’t good, it’s hard to tell which is which without playing them. As for his cornet pieces, the 3BBC. Is really nice and mellow, but for cornet playing in a concert band setting, I like my old Bach 3 better. Maybe it’s similar to your Benge 3.

          1976 Bach Strad ML 43 trumpet
          1960 Conn 6B Victor trumpet
          1982 Bach Strad ML 239 C trumpet
          1970 Olds Ambassador Eb/D trumpet
          1993 Bach Strad L 184G cornet
          1962 Conn 9A Victor cornet
          1890 Besson A/Bb/C cornet
          1870? Henry Lehnert SARV cornet

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          • J. Jericho
            J. Jericho @Dale Proctor last edited by

            @Dale-Proctor I haven't gotten my hands on a Bach 3 to measure for comparison, but I, like you, suspect that the difference between it and the Benge could be the spelling.

            '62 Olds Studio Trumpet
            '72 Olds Special Trumpet
            2013 Dillon Pocket Trumpet
            '83 Yamaha YFH-731 Flugelhorn
            1919 York Perfec-Tone Cornet
            '50 Olds Studio Trombone
            Shofar

            "If it was just up to me, I'd only have trumpet players on my show." - Jackie Gleason

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              Hotair @Dale Proctor last edited by

              @Dale-Proctor Yes, use a 5C and a 5Z.

              Bach LR180-37
              Yamaha 8310-Z
              Buescher Aristocrat cornet (1964 the first horn).

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                thirkieldh last edited by

                I cannot figure out their specs. I am used to the Bach nomenclature such as 3C, 5C, 7C, etc. When I tried to contact them, I got no response.

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                  mdwilliams last edited by

                  Just one, I have a 3TF I used on mellophone for a while, it was a great match for that horn!

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                  • Dale Proctor
                    Dale Proctor @thirkieldh last edited by Dale Proctor

                    @thirkieldh said in Curry Mouthpieces:

                    I cannot figure out their specs. I am used to the Bach nomenclature such as 3C, 5C, 7C, etc. When I tried to contact them, I got no response.

                    The ones I have are from his Standard Series, which use the Bach sizing numbers. Read over this...

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                    1976 Bach Strad ML 43 trumpet
                    1960 Conn 6B Victor trumpet
                    1982 Bach Strad ML 239 C trumpet
                    1970 Olds Ambassador Eb/D trumpet
                    1993 Bach Strad L 184G cornet
                    1962 Conn 9A Victor cornet
                    1890 Besson A/Bb/C cornet
                    1870? Henry Lehnert SARV cornet

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                    • Dale Proctor
                      Dale Proctor last edited by

                      I ordered a “custom” Curry 3C. cornet mouthpiece from Mark a few weeks ago and received it today. Just opened the box and took a couple pics for posterity. I’m about to try it out, and I will post my impressions of it in a week or two.

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                      1976 Bach Strad ML 43 trumpet
                      1960 Conn 6B Victor trumpet
                      1982 Bach Strad ML 239 C trumpet
                      1970 Olds Ambassador Eb/D trumpet
                      1993 Bach Strad L 184G cornet
                      1962 Conn 9A Victor cornet
                      1890 Besson A/Bb/C cornet
                      1870? Henry Lehnert SARV cornet

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                      • Dale Proctor
                        Dale Proctor last edited by

                        Well, I took my Bach 184 cornet and new mouthpiece to a rehearsal tonight, a large church orchestra that was meeting for the first time in 14 months. We worked on a few things for this coming Sunday, and then concentrated on patriotic music for a July 4 outdoor concert.

                        I always say the best way to evaluate a new horn or mouthpiece is “in the heat of battle”, and not in your safe place at home. Playing with a group, under a relentless baton will really test the intonation tendencies, crispness of articulation, endurance, range (both high and low), ease of dynamics, and flexibility of tone a mouthpiece produces.

                        That said, this Curry 3C. cornet mouthpiece is everything I hoped it would be for this type of playing. Yes, it’s early on in the mouthpiece honeymoon phase, but so far, so good. A good first impression is a good thing for me, because a bad first impression just about always results in a mouthpiece I eventually sell, even after giving it weeks of playing - they just never come around.

                        Anyway, a good time was had by all, the cornet/mouthpiece combo functioned well in a section of about 8 trumpets, and I’ll update this again after I gain a bit more experience with it.

                        1976 Bach Strad ML 43 trumpet
                        1960 Conn 6B Victor trumpet
                        1982 Bach Strad ML 239 C trumpet
                        1970 Olds Ambassador Eb/D trumpet
                        1993 Bach Strad L 184G cornet
                        1962 Conn 9A Victor cornet
                        1890 Besson A/Bb/C cornet
                        1870? Henry Lehnert SARV cornet

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                        • Dale Proctor
                          Dale Proctor last edited by

                          I had another rehearsal last night for a July 4 patriotic concert. About a 2 hour rehearsal, and I was a little spent by the end, having barely touched a horn for the last 14 months. I used my new Curry 3C on the old Bach 184 cornet again, and am really happy with its playability and my endurance on it. If I’d thought about it, I would have had Mark make me one years ago.

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                          1976 Bach Strad ML 43 trumpet
                          1960 Conn 6B Victor trumpet
                          1982 Bach Strad ML 239 C trumpet
                          1970 Olds Ambassador Eb/D trumpet
                          1993 Bach Strad L 184G cornet
                          1962 Conn 9A Victor cornet
                          1890 Besson A/Bb/C cornet
                          1870? Henry Lehnert SARV cornet

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