Schilke Alto Mouthpieces

[dukesboneman]

Has Anyone tried /or own one of the Schilke Alto Trombone Mouthpieces.
I`m intrigued so I`d be interested in Feedback
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[WilliamLang]

i loved using a stripped down Schilke 47b for years on alto. gave the proper lightness of sound that still cut, in my own opinion

[heinzgries]

i loved using a stripped down Schilke 47b for years on alto. gave the proper lightness of sound that still cut, in my own opinion

what do you mean with " stripped down"?

[WilliamLang]

no extra mass on the mouthpiece, i've also heard it called skeletonized.

https://www.wwbw.com/Schilke-Gold-Plate ... lwQAvD_BwE

[heinzgries]

no extra mass on the mouthpiece, i've also heard it called skeletonized.

https://www.wwbw.com/Schilke-Gold-Plate ... lwQAvD_BwE

Schilke named it contour profile. Its standart on the 42B, 45B, 47B

[Posaunus]

no extra mass on the mouthpiece, i've also heard it called skeletonized.

https://www.wwbw.com/Schilke-Gold-Plate ... lwQAvD_BwE

Schilke named it contour profile. It's standard on the 42B, 45B, 47B

The 43A is also "contour" profile.

The 47B is (for me) a fine lead trombone piece, and apparently works well on alto for some.

The 42B was known as the "Dorsey Model" - but not sure Tommy actually used one.

[BGuttman]

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The 42B was known as the "Dorsey Model" - but not sure Tommy actually used one.

I think it was a copy of Dorsey's Almont mouthpiece. The 42B came out late in Dorsey's career.

[Doug Elliott]

"Schilke Music Products was founded in 1956 by Renold O. Schilke, formerly 2nd trumpet (and for a time Principal) in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra alongside Elden Benge. He had begun his professional career working from an early age for Holton Company where he learned the basics of making brass instruments."

1956 is the year Dorsey died. I seriously doubt there were any Schlke trombone mouthpieces at that time, although I don't know when they started making mouthpieces.

[deanmccarty]

Schilke and Farkas could have made him a mouthpiece in the early 50s when their mouthpiece projects got off the ground prior to Farkas selling his half of the company to Schilke… but, there isn’t really a way to know, other than Schilke saying that the 42B was made for Dorsey…