Flugelhorn Mouthpiece Shootout !

Thank you Garot - I've recently retired my horn and started playing flugelhorn and have been searching for the deep rich sound. I loved the sound you got out of the Dennis Wick - just got it the other day and I love it. Lots of buttery sound and very comfy. Couldn't find a gold one - but still very happy! Thanks for your advice and the comparison with all the mouthpieces - you saved me some money!

So happy i found this channel. I am GOING to buy a Flugelhorn!! And now i have an idea of which mouthpiece i can use. It's gonna be interesting juggling this and trombone. Honestly, it's something i should've done ages ago, but it's never too late to learn. Thanks for all the tips!!

Loved the 1xfl Bach sound. Great video... 💖

I love the DW flugelhorn mouthpieces......oh, what a kick it is to play with my DW 2 FL (little larger diameter, 17,00 mm)....so beautiful mellow sound, really great !

Honestly very thankful i came across this video, I really needed help on finding the right mouth piece for my flugelhorn. And I’m glad this video was very informative and the demonstrations were great (you played really well). All around very informative and great review.

The Bach has the best intonation and the sound is (to me) very nice and more middle of the road . The Wick almost sounds like a trombone. The Lotus is definitely different in a good way. The last mouthpiece sounds very Art Farmerish which is also a good thing. Bottom line is they all sound great so I’m just as confused as before. But intonation always wins. So if I had to chose it would be the Bach. Which is weird because I was always a fan of the Wick 4. Great video thank you for taking the time to make it. I think the Lotus has a larger throat so that is why it may be a little more diffused in the upper register.

Great horn sound!

Very cool!

Thanks a lot!!!

Thank you so much for sharing this video ;)))) 👏🎶✨

Since flugelhorn is an instrument belonging to the group of horns, the mouthpiece should have a V-shape cup. Mouthpieces with a U-shape cup are for trumpets udn trombones. Unfortunately mouthpieces with a V-shape cup are hard to find today.

They are all very good mouthpieces for different occasions.😊

I played a Courtois Flugelhorn in a Belgian "fanfare" where flugelhorns are the main melody instruments. The DW 4 F was my mouthpiece but it doesn't project enough as highest voice in a band including bright trumpets and saxophones. It could be ideal for solo work nevertheless if the band is able to play pianissimo. It's like in England they can appreciate a band with much brass, playing very sweet and quiet, well in tune, almost like an angelic choir while here bands would even look down on that and they seem here to prefer to play "spectacular"and dynamic.

Bought DW 2FL gold. Waiting for it to try. Thanks.

This was a really cool comparison! Love your playing and sound concept, first of all. But it was very interesting to see how even then, the mouthpieces yielded such vastly different results! I myself play a Denis Wick 2FL in gold and find it to be the 'gold standard' for me, but these are all quite cool in their own respects (although I'll admit I'm not huge on the Bach's sound...) Out of curiosity, what do you use to record audio with? I can never seem to get good audio for my gear comparisons/reviews.

The Lotus 3XFL-B sounded a lot like Chet Baker's flugelhorn tone quality. My experience with inner rim shape is "sharp bite" helps notes "slot" into place where the rolled rim (soft bite) gives more fluidity to bend pitches. (You said that just after I typed it.) When I first obtained my flugelhorn, I stuck in a Bach Cornet 3 (no letter after). I liked it, but had to do the "tape" to make it work. I have since reverted to the stock mouthpiece that came with the instrument (no name, no size marking).

Hi. Great video. Question? What are your top 2 most comfortable and easy to play on mouthpieces that help provide a mellow sound? This is for a carol brass flugelhorn

I liked the Farr mouthpiece the best.

Although I might cause some problems here, I found Lotus mouthpieces to be disappointing. All of them. And that comes from a person solely playing on a Lotus trumpet. But I found that Monette mouthpiece sound far better than Lotus on them. And I’ve yet to find a more comfortable mouthpiece than my Monette, and the best part I can have the same exact rim shape and size, while getting a regular Bflat, a flugel (they call it flumpet) and a lead mouthpiece. All on the same exact rim.

soundfresh Fl-1 was the best to my ear(thomann flugel is very good fl. if you is on low budget)beutiful plaed