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Conn 6h Mouthpiece

Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:12 pm
by Landok
Does anyone know which mouthpiece was supplied originally with the conn 6H?

Re: Conn 6h Mouthpiece

Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:16 pm
by Fruitysloth
To the best of my knowledge, it came with a Conn 3 mouthpiece? That's at least what my friend and I both got when we purchased ours, but we did so secondhand.

Re: Conn 6h Mouthpiece

Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:13 pm
by BGuttman
Pretty sure it was a Conn 3 although some may have come with a small shank Remington (Connstellations came that way).

Re: Conn 6h Mouthpiece

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:19 am
by JohntheTheologian
It was indeed a Conn 3. I bought a new Conn 6H in 1960 as a boy-- I had no idea how good a horn it really was and unfortunately I was very rough on it as most 10 year olds tend to be on trombones.

A Conn 3 was what it came with. My teacher told me it was not a good mp and put me on a Bach 12C. I just went along, of course, with what my teacher said.

Re: Conn 6h Mouthpiece

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:23 pm
by Posaunus
JohntheTheologian wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:19 am My teacher told me it was not a good mp and put me on a Bach 12C. I just went along, of course, with what my teacher said.
I think the Conn 3 is quite an acceptable mouthpiece – larger cup and throat than a Bach 12C. I find it easier to play than the restrictive but ubiquitous 12C. (Anyone want to buy my 12C?)

Re: Conn 6h Mouthpiece

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:32 am
by JohntheTheologian
I stayed with the 12C for a while, even when I changed to a Conn 48H. Eventually I moved to a Bach 7C and then a 6 1/2AL. Neither was especially good for me.

I finally settled on a Marcinckiewicz 8H which is a very good mp for a small bore Conn in my experience. I think I'm actually back closer to the original Conn 3.

Re: Conn 6h Mouthpiece

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 4:00 am
by SimmonsTrombone
Does anyone know when they switched between vertical and horizontal engraving on the Conn 3.