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Description
Favoured by both students and professionals, Denis Wick Classic mouthpieces offer a stable, comfortable playing experience that has made them a longstanding benchmark in brass performance.
Developed through decades of collaboration with leading players, these mouthpieces are designed to deliver consistency, balance, and a refined tonal character.
Carefully proportioned cup depths, rim contours, and backbores combine to ensure a well-centred, versatile sound, equally suited to ensemble playing and solo performance.
| Model | Cup | Cup diameter (mm) |
Rim width (mm) |
Bore (mm) |
Backbore | Manufacturer's comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Extra deep cup/small fitting | 32.50 | 7.48 | 8.43 | V-type | For all large tubas. Enormous volume and range. Needs strong embouchure. |
| 1L | Extra deep cup/large fitting | 32.50 | 7.48 | 8.43 | V-type | |
| 2 | Very deep cup/small fitting | 32.00 | 7.73 | 8.45 | V-type | Large funnel-shaped Helleberg type cup. Clean and clear sound with good projection in all registers. |
| 2L | Very deep cup/large fitting | 32.00 | 7.73 | 8.45 | V-type | |
| 3 | Deep cup/small fitting | 31.25 | 8.11 | 8.78 | V-type | Deep well rounded cup and huge throat and backbore give rich organ-like tone. |
| 3L | Deep cup/large fitting | 31.25 | 8.11 | 8.78 | V-type | |
| 2SL | Shallow cup/large fitting | 32.00 | 7.73 | 7.65 | V-type | Soloist mouthpiece with tremendous projectio and clarity in all registers. |
| 3SL | Shallow cup/large fitting | 31.25 | 8.11 | 7.62 | V-type | Soloist model with brilliant tone and high register. Perfect for F tubas. |
| 4 | Deep cup/small fitting | 30.50 | 6.89 | 8.27 | V-type | Scaled down version of 3L. Good projection with less effort. Good for young players. |
| 4L | Deep cup/large fitting | 30.50 | 6.89 | 8.27 | V-type | |
| 5 | Deep cup/small fitting | 30.00 | 7.14 | 7.89 | V-type | Deep cup and matching backbore give a compact. Suits F and E-flat tubas. |
| 5L | Deep cup/large fitting | 30.00 | 7.14 | 7.89 | V-type |
Manufacturer’s website: deniswick.com
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