Great video! Thanks for sharing your experience. Tony and I recently collaborated on a mouthpiece build for a mutual customer who was using a Wedge mouthpiece and bought an AR Resonance trumpet. He liked the slightly shallower cup of his ARR mouthpiece and the larger #22 throat, but he really wanted to stick with the Wedge rim. Tony sent me a CAD file for the cup and I made a Wedge top based on the cup shape that he could use on Tony’s backbore. This was a win for everyone and is the way it should be. We makers should work together to produce the best product for our customers. Coincidentally, after that I bought an AR Resonance Classica trumpet based on my customer’s positive experience with his horn and your review on this channel. It’s an amazing horn and I could not be happier. Tony is a great guy making great instruments. Thanks again Donovan! By the way, your most recent order is almost ready to ship. 😊
I've played Wedge mouthpieces for years and love them! Having a bearing/pivot point is essential for ease of play especially in the upper register. One of the benefits of the wedge is it can help address this issue.
If AR Resonance is the company you were interested in getting a Wedge rim from, he addressed that in a forum post (on Trumpet Herald maybe?) and said that he did have the capability, but would not copy the Wedge rim out of respect for Wedge's intellectual property. I seem to recall the Wedge guy joining the thread and saying he might be receptive to working out a licensing deal or something, though, so maybe there is still the possibility.
@@trumpetthoughts don't know for sure. I have steep upper teeth, that might have caused it, but it is a guess. But bottom line was they did not sound good.
Great video! Thanks for sharing your experience. Tony and I recently collaborated on a mouthpiece build for a mutual customer who was using a Wedge mouthpiece and bought an AR Resonance trumpet. He liked the slightly shallower cup of his ARR mouthpiece and the larger #22 throat, but he really wanted to stick with the Wedge rim. Tony sent me a CAD file for the cup and I made a Wedge top based on the cup shape that he could use on Tony’s backbore. This was a win for everyone and is the way it should be. We makers should work together to produce the best product for our customers.
Coincidentally, after that I bought an AR Resonance Classica trumpet based on my customer’s positive experience with his horn and your review on this channel. It’s an amazing horn and I could not be happier. Tony is a great guy making great instruments.
Thanks again Donovan! By the way, your most recent order is almost ready to ship. 😊
You gotta love it when great companies work together!!!
I've played Wedge mouthpieces for years and love them! Having a bearing/pivot point is essential for ease of play especially in the upper register. One of the benefits of the wedge is it can help address this issue.
Great job
Thanks!
How are note bending with the wedge?
No different.
If AR Resonance is the company you were interested in getting a Wedge rim from, he addressed that in a forum post (on Trumpet Herald maybe?) and said that he did have the capability, but would not copy the Wedge rim out of respect for Wedge's intellectual property. I seem to recall the Wedge guy joining the thread and saying he might be receptive to working out a licensing deal or something, though, so maybe there is still the possibility.
Thanks for the info, Seth! Tony (AR Resonance) is a good guy!
Though I appreciate innovation these mouthpieces never worked for me.
Why's that?
@@trumpetthoughts don't know for sure. I have steep upper teeth, that might have caused it, but it is a guess. But bottom line was they did not sound good.