AVAILABLE (very limited) - Sellmansberg IIa (my final adaptation/version of a Helleberg II-style)
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 11:41 am
I have my FINAL adaptation of the "Helleberg II" (several versions throughout the tuba mouthpiece industry) style mouthpiece.
This final alteration (a smaller throat) seems to have done the trick (at least, for me).
I will be A/B-ing it this weekend at the "Hocus Pocus" (live orchestra to film) gig.
WERE IT THAT I did NOT like it right off that bat (as I DO LIKE IT), I wouldn't even bother to A/B it.
This may (??) be the first "Helleberg" type of mouthpiece (and there are basically two different styles - the Conn 120-ish larger ones, and those which are a bit smaller...such as the II's the 7B's and so on) that actually felt/sounded good to me and responded well for me.
I only have a HANDFUL of this test run...and I'll be KEEPING one of them.
I ONLY had them run off in STANDARD shank.
They are the same price as all of the other "let's see what happens with this" PRE-PRODUCTION mouthpieces that I've offered - $150 (production ones - later - will be $200 ea.) ...and (as with the others that I've offered for only $150) no refund requests, please...just sell yours to someone else (or add it to your "display" - LOL), if it's not for you.
yeah...I like it...even though it's a "Helleberg" (LOL...though the RIM, THROAT, and BACK-BORE are ALL "not" Helleberg II-ish).
ONE person has consistently expressed interest in this final alteration version, so I should hold one for them...so LESS than a handful.
' sorry this took so long (kept being pulled away by other life-stuff).
This final alteration (a smaller throat) seems to have done the trick (at least, for me).
I will be A/B-ing it this weekend at the "Hocus Pocus" (live orchestra to film) gig.
WERE IT THAT I did NOT like it right off that bat (as I DO LIKE IT), I wouldn't even bother to A/B it.
This may (??) be the first "Helleberg" type of mouthpiece (and there are basically two different styles - the Conn 120-ish larger ones, and those which are a bit smaller...such as the II's the 7B's and so on) that actually felt/sounded good to me and responded well for me.
I only have a HANDFUL of this test run...and I'll be KEEPING one of them.
I ONLY had them run off in STANDARD shank.
They are the same price as all of the other "let's see what happens with this" PRE-PRODUCTION mouthpieces that I've offered - $150 (production ones - later - will be $200 ea.) ...and (as with the others that I've offered for only $150) no refund requests, please...just sell yours to someone else (or add it to your "display" - LOL), if it's not for you.
yeah...I like it...even though it's a "Helleberg" (LOL...though the RIM, THROAT, and BACK-BORE are ALL "not" Helleberg II-ish).
ONE person has consistently expressed interest in this final alteration version, so I should hold one for them...so LESS than a handful.
' sorry this took so long (kept being pulled away by other life-stuff).