Hello everyone,
I made a short PSA on how to safely remove stuck mouthpiece rims/shafts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJAnydmQF2g
Cheers,
TheBerlinerTuba
DIY Brass Instrument Repair: how to remove stuck mouthpiece rims/shafts
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DIY Brass Instrument Repair: how to remove stuck mouthpiece rims/shafts
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Re: PSA: how to remove stuck mouthpiece rims/shafts
D’oh. I’ve been using my glob of lead to smash my mouthpieces free all this time. Now I know I’m wrong. Thanks for the video!
j/k, very informative as always, thanks, Jake.
j/k, very informative as always, thanks, Jake.
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Re: PSA: how to remove stuck mouthpiece rims/shafts
@TheBerlinerTuba , what mouthpiece is that?
Frank
Principal tuba, Bel Air Community Band
Old (early 1900s?) Alexander BBb proto-163
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Principal tuba, Bel Air Community Band
Old (early 1900s?) Alexander BBb proto-163
1976 Sonora (B&S 101) 4-rotor BBb
~1904 York 3P BBb Helicon
Old Alex Comp.F, in shop
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Re: PSA: how to remove stuck mouthpiece rims/shafts
It is amazing how well a little repeated light concussive maintenance works on freeing up stuff on instruments.. valve caps and bottom caps especially. I keep a drumstick around for just that purpose.
As amateur as they come...I know just enough to be dangerous.
Meinl-Weston 20
Holton Medium Eb 3+1
Holton Collegiate Sousas in Eb and BBb
Conn 20J
and whole bunch of other "Stuff"
Meinl-Weston 20
Holton Medium Eb 3+1
Holton Collegiate Sousas in Eb and BBb
Conn 20J
and whole bunch of other "Stuff"
Re: PSA: how to remove stuck mouthpiece rims/shafts
It's a Windhager, https://www.whf-mouthpieces.at/
The website is outdated though
Thanks for the video Jake, the shaft on my Windhager keeps getting stuck
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Re: PSA: how to remove stuck mouthpiece rims/shafts
As BramJ mentioned, these are Windhager modular mouthpieces. Over the past 20+ years they have become quite well known and well regarded in Europe. The sheer number of options is honestly staggering. The facebook page is quite active in case anyone is interested: https://www.facebook.com/p/WHF-Mouthpie ... cale=de_DE