Product Overview
Specifications:
Top 10 Mouthpiece! - Similar to Bach 5C - Excellent for orchestral trumpet players who want a slightly scaled down and more efficient version of a Bach 1-1/2C
Highlights:
- Best match to the Bach 5C and similar mouthpieces with a .660 ID and medium deep cup
- Deeper than a Bach 3C or Wedge 66MV, producing a darker sound more suitable for orchestral playing
- Excellent balance between the registers and the ability to produce a dark orchestral tone or enough projection to lead a section as required
- Provides a rich sound and smooth transition between notes
More Information:
- Inner Diameter: .660 inches measured .04 inches into the cup
- Outer Diameter: 1.114 inches
- Cup Depth: MDV (Medium Deep V) cup (similar to a Bach 1 1/2 C or 5C, Warburton MD, regular Schilke, or Yamaha C cup) but with a slightly more V shaped transition into the throat
- Produces a large, dark orchestral sound, which is a little darker than the MD cup
- Backbore: Comes on an ML (Medium-Large) backbore
Wedge Generation 2 Line:
- Designed to incorporate the advantages of the Wedge rim and oval cup in a mouthpiece that is very comfortable and easy to adapt to from a conventional rim
- Slightly wider rims than Standard Brand
- Features our new Double Oval Cup (DOC)
- Oval shape of the Wedge rim is continued down to the base of the cup where it joins the throat
- DOC design (exclusive to Wedge Mouthpieces) provides added efficiency of a smaller mouthpiece with the big sound, clear attacks, and flexibility of a larger mouthpiece
Acclimatization:
- Acclimatization time varies
- Most players find full adjustment to the new rim shape is only a few days
- Most players are able to alternate between a Wedge rim and conventional rim, if desired
- Vast majority of players will convert all of their mouthpieces to the Wedge design due to its obvious advantages once adapted
- Discounts offered to players who need to purchase a number of Wedge mouthpieces for various instruments
