Prior to now I have been making multiple changes to equipment both in the mouthpiece and horn department. Many people who have kept up with this site on a regular basis know I've spent some time playing the Conn V1 and the Zeus series of horns. Prior to that I played a Yamaha Xeno 8335 and a Conn Director. On the mouthpiece front I have played Yamahas, Monettes, standard Bachs and Bach Megatones. The past few weeks I have been trying to position myself to play only one horn and dedicate myself to one mouthpiece. Considering I have only been playing for two years I have had very little consistency in my equipment and I think that is very important — especially during the developmental stages of my embouchure (of which I am still in).

On Thursday I got my Lawler TL6-1 from Bruce Lee at Northern Brass. This will be THE horn for me to develop as a player and find my own sound. For a detailed review of the Lawler check out the equipment page. To keep the distractions at bay you will notice that my arsenal has been slimmed down to two horns. All the others have been sold.

I am now in the process of finding a mouthpiece. I am hoping that by the end of the week I will have something picked out and the same thing will happen. All the other pieces will disappear and I will stick with ONE mouthpiece even when tempted to make a switch on a bad chop day. I will be sure to share which mouthpiece comes out on top.