What mouthpiece is the best for tuba?

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What mouthpiece is the best for tuba?

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What mouthpiece is the best for tuba?




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The big one
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You know, Jake could make ANY mouthpiece sound great.
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I just spend lots of money on mouthpieces...that means I have to practice less to sound good.

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bronze is the secret
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What is the best mouthpiece for metal?

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Let’s get real. You don’t even really NEED a mouthpiece.
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tubatodd wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2026 3:32 pm What is the best mouthpiece for metal?

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What is the best metal for mouthpiece?
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Mouthpieces are for those wimps who can't.
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cjk wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2026 1:05 pm What mouthpiece is the best for tuba?




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bloke wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2026 9:02 pmPT109
Ich bin ein Berliner Tuba
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bloke wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2026 9:02 pmPT109
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This is supposed to be a pretty good mouthpiece.
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Usually, a tuba mouthpiece.
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bloke wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2026 9:02 pmPT109
I'm not sure that's the two piece we're looking for here.

I prefer metal to plywood.
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