Model CR Cup

Model CR CupA classic Chicago bowl with a clear direct sound. The shallow depth brings core, brightness and ping while the bowl shape helps temper the sound. The result is velvety smooth slurs with immense power and excellent control. In developing the model we had a couple main objectives; improve the performance of the line on Rauch and Lewis horns and fill in the "Smooth playing direct sounding" quadrant of the G Series. The first step was to get ahold of one;

A classic Chicago bowl with a clear direct sound.  The shallow depth brings core, brightness and ping while the bowl shape helps temper the sound.  The result is velvety smooth slurs with immense power and excellent control.

In developing the model we had a couple main objectives; improve the performance of the line on Rauch and Lewis horns and fill in the "Smooth playing direct sounding" quadrant of the G-Series.  The first step was to get ahold of one; Dan Wions of the NYC Ballet and frequent contributor at the SF Symphony was generous enough to loan me his while he was out of town.  The next step was to get a acquire a bunch of sample of the best playing mouthpieces in the Chicago style that I could.  Between purchases and loans I had over 20 of some of the best examples from Moosewood, Laskey, Osmun, Reynolds and Farkas (Hand made by Phillip himself).

It's also not just for Geyers; it plays wonderfully on a wide variety of horns including the 8Ds and (with the M shank) the Alexanders.  The Chicago sound itself was never the exclusive domain of the Geyer, many player played Schmidts and members of the Chicago symphony helped design a great number of other horns (Farkas and Merker's contributions at Holton, Pottag's contributions to the Conn 6D & Reynolds horns, etc.).  Because of that; this model bears the "C-Series" designation.  

#12 bore, medium-shallow bowl-shaped cup.