The Difference Between Gold and Silver Mouthpieces with Joseph Alessi
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Joseph Alessi, Principal Trombone of the New York Philharmonic, discusses the differences between gold and silver plating options on Laskey Alessi Signature Series Trombone Mouthpieces. He plays them back to back to demonstrate the differences in sound and feel.
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Recently switched from my silver shilke 51d to a gold denis wick heretige 5ABL and im loving it.
Good analysis
When I was in high school in 1987 I busted my butt one summer to earn the money to buy a Bach 42B. A friend had a silver Schilke 51C4 he let me use. For my birthday in 1990 my parents got me a gold 51C4 and I would not trade it for anything. It may be in my head but I played that for four years as a performer in The University of Texas Longhorn Band and for multiple semi-pro gigs over the years. I never once lost my lip and had the best tone of my time as a player using that mouthpiece.
When I was playing a lot - gold plated mouthpieces were easier to play for a long period, especially at loud volume levels. Your mileage may differ.... 🙂
The gold - sharper sound
Silver - slightly more of a flat sound
Now I have bought all 1er Griego mouthpieces. 1000€ was for nothing because Mr. Alessi is now playing Laskey... Oh man! 😂😂😂
I get it - Brian Hecht (Bass Trombonist) was playing a Shires so I had started to save to buy one (about $7K) as it appears to be not so demanding concerning amount of air needed. Now he plays on a Thein which costs over $10K - I give up. If I can save enough to get a Shires I will.
The amount of pressure might be different because of the feel causing a change in sound and playing characteristics
I kind of like the silver sound better….
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There's a huge difference in attacks! The gold has a smooth and defined beginning, the silver harsh and not as clean. Even though I'm a horn player, silver seems to grip and stay put. Gold slides a little, but not much.
I've never played through a gold mouthpiece but I cnt see there being any difference . Either you can play or you cnt . I play through a yamaha 12c
I can not tell a difference (old half deaf band director, musician) but for the price difference of a SUPER high end mouthpiece, get what will make you happy to not buy another one ever again. haha. I know me too. (will never happen)
In my humble opinion, eventually there could be a difference in flavour or if a player has an allergy to gold.
Some years ago I had a discussion to a trumpet player, who did the mp gold plating himself. I told him nobody would tell the plating he plays, with closed eyes. Since some time I play a mp partiallly gold plated and I like the noble look.
The difference is different price 😂😂
Hate to burst you "experts professionals" bubbles ....but there is no difference between silver and gold. IF there is a difference in sound, it is because there is a difference in the profiles of the mouthpieces somewhere. The rim profile, the inner or outer contour, the cup size, profile, the profiling/shape and blending ......to the 0.001"/0.0252mm.
Yes, all brass instrument mouthpieces are manufactured by computerized machinery .....THEN the plating is done ......but there are still machining variations that occur .....but hardly anyone checks ALL the dimensionals 100% on every mouthpiece.
Chips get caught/stuck in the processes.
If anyone thinks there is a difference between gold and silver plating ....it's all in your mind .....psychological .....and that fact alone will affect HOW a player plays his/her horn ......but it won't have anything to do with which plating.
There IS one reason for gold. ONE purpose. Skin sensitivity as in hypoallergenic.
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It also looks cool 🤷🏻♂
Not completely true, the vibrations will have a different effect physically in the materials. If we would analyze the eigenfrequencies of the mouthpiece with gold plated or silver, there should be a difference. The question is only then: “how significant is the difference” and I assume it is very minor but could still have an effect.
Yeah no. They feel completely different. Gold feels noticably softer and warms up faster to me. My lips also feel better after longer playing sessions with gold.
My 88H obviously came with a silver plated Conn 5G. Didn't like it. Guess what I've consistently come back to? A Gold Conn 5G.