Posted by Todd Morgan on February 01, 2002 at 12:00:30:
In Reply to: 52-J posted by Eric D. on January 31, 2002 at 21:38:41:
I have a 56J in the satin silver finish. I tried about 5-7 52&56J horns at Dillon Music when I bought mine. At the time they had only 2 bright silver horns. To tell you the truth, I noticed a CONSIDERABLE difference between the satin and the bright. As you can tell, I liked the satin better.
As for a mouthpiece I tried quite a few on my horn including the following.
Schilke 67
Schilke Heleberg II
R&S Heleberg I
Conn Heleberg (came with the horn)
Dillon F2B (Geib style F tuba mouthpiece)
Dillon Geib 3 B
I have found that the Dillon mouthpieces have worked REALLY well for me. It took a little time getting used to the small bore horn with a large cup mouthpiece, but the combination works wonderfully.
Good luck,
Todd Morgan