Stork Mouthpieces

High up on Maple Hill in Plainfield, Phyllis and John Stork make the best brass instrument mouthpieces in the world. Practicing their philosophy that "the single most important piece of equipment used by brass players is the mouthpiece," they serve customers from Randy Brecker and Doc Severensen to members of The American Brass Quintet, The New York Philharmonic, The Montreal Symphony, and even The Saturday Night Live Band. There is hardly a brass player around who doesn't know of the fine craftsmanship that comes out of the Storks' shop.

"The mouthpiece that I have chosen and that I utilize is a compromise, like all mouthpieces must be. The cup is slightly rounded which gives a warm sonority and the balanced proportions between the cup depth and the bore size gives an ease of response in all registers."

-Francis Orval

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"The basic problem of finding a mouthpiece that both provides a ring to the sound in soft playing, yet does not break-up in extremely loud playing finds its solution here. This mouthpiece is virtually impossible to over-blow, and the sound is quite even throughout the ranges" -- Philip Myers, Principal Horn, New York Philharmonic

This mouthpiece has no traditional bowl, but rather curves in instead of down from the rim. This cup design, plus the slightly longer length of this mouthpieces causes an M1 to feel like a conventional 4 or 5 bore, an M8 more like the conventional 12 bore. These mouthpieces simply do not take as much air to play as the same sized mouthpiece you are now using.

Specifications:

The Myers model french horn mouthpiece is available in bore sizes #1 - #8 (5.8mm through 5.1mm). The cup diameter measures 16.7 mm and the rim is medium thin. The cup is deep and conically shaped.

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