@@paulcarolshamash2142 It's an old Courtois mouthpiece from the 1930s that I had modified to fit a modern instrument.

@ Thanks for your reply. I have a ‘Prototype’ mouthpiece which l prefer to a DW equivalent.🎺

@@musicalcubes I bought it to help me shift to smaller mouthpieces. It wouldn't be my choice. Intonation is really even though

I see, makes sense - my 2 Heritage has good intonation. I am currently working with a 2BW as the 4B was a bit tight and also made my top lip sore. Results are good so far. A nice compromise.

@musicalcubes I prefer bigger mouthpieces but "needs must". Medical issues ahead. CT scan of my neck on Tuesday, with an IV full of dye. Awaiting operation on my mouth too.

Good luck. Hope it all goes well.

@@davidstorey2477 It's different, smaller throat, more old fashioned soundings. It's a bit like a Wick 3/3B but better balanced with the tighter throat and longer backbore. The original shank was very narrow. Even smaller than the old British fitting.

Should a modern mouthpiece be easier to play than an older mouthpiece.

@davidstorey2477 It depends!

@@musicalcubes I never liked the response of the B cup wick mouthpieces. They have a U shaped cup but too sharp a transition into the throat. I found articulating more difficult on them, but lots of people do like them.

@GordonHudson I have quite a strong attack so the 4B tames that. I have the opportunity to try two cornets next week - a 927 Sovereign and a Xeno. Wonder which I will go for.

@musicalcubes 927 is a more controllable instrument but it can't play as loud as the Xeno.

@@GordonHudson Was thinking the same... I think I'll like both but I've only ever played a round stamp Sovereign so want to give the Besson a fair try.

@@musicalcubes I'm expecting surgery on my mouth and possibly skull so I might end up on tuba. CT scan on the 26th and minor surgery shortly after. If they decide to fix my head it's neurosurgery. I don't think it will come to that unless they find other problems.

I hope it all goes well for you. I'm booked in to have oral surgery next year. Tuba's not too bad of a vocation if it comes down to it. You'd be in demand in my region! The real problem is carting it about.

@@robertburdoff1789 Could be. Try it and see. Will depend on the antenna. Mine is very broadband.

I was playing it from the vocal score., but transposing as I went. There will be arrangements out their for trumpet or cornet.

@@Barnabas1965 Yes. In fact I have been using it in the orchestra as an alternative to Rotary trumpet. Its easy to get that very tenuto attack (like a bulge in the sound) for Wagner and other romantic era stuff.

@GordonHudson that's great to here. I love my 38 .they are brilliant instruments. I really rate t the old American horns . Conn,olds and Holtons .

Thats what my thought is it really sounds like it. I think I remember sending you the name of the song yesterday nice to see you again.

Hey! i think so too! i wrote a comment talking about this on the video where mangles quest song was found and on a community post about finding this song so if u guys wanna find the comment and help others see it by interacting with it maybe it will be noticed :3 edit: ok for some reason my comment on the video was removed so its just in the community post

Doesn't do it for me

@@musicalcubes Thanks. I managed to work all through the past four years without getting it! Very annoying to catch it a week after I retired. It was bad even though I had five vaccinations. At least I didn't end up in hospital.

@@gtretroworld It's weird. I should record in there more often.

@@GordonHudsonDefinitely, just listened to it again through the big system and it is quite striking.

Done it many times. Used to be part of my role as principal cornet with a town band.

@@arcanjogabriel8111 Thank you.

@@davidstorey2477 Thanks!

@@GordonHudson I hope you are enjoying your retirement. Best wishes

@@davidstorey2477 It's pretty good not going to work. Just really starting to enjoy it after being ill for the first month.

Thanks!

@@Setonix It took a lot of work because of the chromatics. A couple of months on and off. It still wasn't perfect.

@@edppdsc Hello. Have you followed Walt Hudson on KZbin? His callsign is K4OGO..he makes some interesting videos. I see from your QRZ page that you are a retired police officer. My eldest son is a police officer here. He works in a very rural area and also covers some of the Scottish islands. 73, GM4SVM

I haven't seen any of his videos. I will look him up. I am third generation police officer and my three sons are fourth generation. I live on part of the family beef cattle farm.

It was done in the USA, but Robinson Brass do this type of work. I think he is in Devon.

​@@GordonHudsonthanks so much for the swift response

I find that too. The V shaped mouthpiece is more efficient and easier in the upper register.

Indeed. I also felt more inconsistent on the 4B and had to work quite hard to get a sound I liked especially in hymns and slow melodies. It works out being more efficient overall to just play the 4.

I just used the vocal score (for piano and voice) and transposed it as I was playing it. Thats why you see me shuffling the piano part around my music stand. I think I got it from Sheet Music Plus or one of the other online publishers. If you do that make sure you get it in a key that works on cornet. The first two notes on the version I played were a middle concert C (a D on the fourth line for Cornet) followed by a bottom concert C (bottom D on the cornet). That kept the number fo sharps down and made the top notes not too high.

@@GordonHudson fuck that I hate transposing 😂