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jtrain609 · August 12th, 2004, 22:04

Mellophone, but get one with a mellophone mouthpiece. The regular french horn mouthpiece has so little rim on it that you'll never get a decent sound out of it. It took me a solid 6 years of playing horn until I developed a kind of maybe passible but still didn't sound to great tone, and I was in ensambles that got straight 1's at our state solo & ensamble compititions. A mellophone mouthpiece looks very similar to a trumpet mouthpiece, and is much easier to deal with.

August 12th, 2004, 22:04	#21
jtrain609 Old Skool Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Park City, UT Posts: 12,028	Re: Finally!!!!!!! Mellophone, but get one with a mellophone mouthpiece. The regular french horn mouthpiece has so little rim on it that you'll never get a decent sound out of it. It took me a solid 6 years of playing horn until I developed a kind of maybe passible but still didn't sound to great tone, and I was in ensambles that got straight 1's at our state solo & ensamble compititions. A mellophone mouthpiece looks very similar to a trumpet mouthpiece, and is much easier to deal with.