Next to my Alexander I own a Yamaha YHR662 double horn, which is also more than thirty years old. I use this horn only to play in the streets of Maastricht during the Carnival, or sometimes when my Alexander is under repair.
I play on a mouthpiece by Bruno Tilz, model B6. That is quite a large and deep mouthpiece and because I often play low horn I like it very much. Years ago a friend, who plays tuba (!), and I have drilled a hole in this mouthpiece to make the bore even wider: it is now 4.5 mm instead of 4.2. The result is a nice "bass horn" mouthpiece, but fortunately enough I can still play higher notes on it as well. In the rare cases when I prefer a more clear sound I use a Tilz D6 mouthpiece, which is just a bit less deep and has a normal bore.
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