JOHN PARDUBA & SONS 

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Double-Cup Mouthpieces Made in the USA for:

Trumpet, Cornet, Flugelhorn, Trombone, Tuba

THE DOUBLE-CUP IN 1935

Name players such as Ziggy Elman and Ray Anthony started using the Parduba and in 1943 Louis Armstrong joined the club. The entire trumpet sections of several name bands were using these fine mouthpieces.

Because of the success of his mouthpieces, Parduba discontinued making trumpets and cornets and doing repair work and specialized only in making mouthpieces. Today, by all standards, the Parduba Mouthpiece is still one of the best and most popular.

DOUBLE-CUP MOUTHPIECES

Although the cup appears to be very shallow, the lower half of the cup gives great length to the overall shape of this Double-Cup design which in turn produces a very brilliant yet rich melodic tone. One must be very careful not to overblow this mouthpiece since it takes much less effort to execute a tone than other types of cups.

Sizes run from the No. 1 to the No. 8, the higher numbers indicate the larger sizes. A No. 7 has a cup diameter of a Bach No. 1, No. 6 the same as a Bach 7, a No. 5 is the same as a Bach 10-1/2, and the No. 4 is the same as a Bach 12. See chart below.

HOW TONE IS PRODUCED

The low tones are produced by relaxing the lips and sending the column of air against the lower part of the cup. The medium tones or middle register are produced by slightly tensing the lips and directing the air straight into the hole at the bottom of the cup. The upper tones are secured by throwing the column of air higher into the mouthpiece. This tenses the upper lip and produces more vibration than for the middle register tones. The higher the tone desired the higher the air must be directed into the mouthpiece. For the extreme high tones the column of air must strike near the upper part of the cup - nearly at the rim. This further tenses the muscles of the upper lip and produces more rapid vibrations.

In ordinary mouthpieces in order to produce the high tones without resorting to the old hard-pressure system the performer usually relies on a shallow cup mouthpiece. This invariably results in the impairment of tone quality in the middle and low register.

THE PARDUBA DOUBLE-CUP MOUTHPIECE

This is all accomplished with the Parduba Double-Cup Mouthpiece without sacrificing tone quality or volume in the middle and lower registers because the lower part of the cup is of the regular conventional bore.

YOUR MOUTHPIECE IS HALF YOUR INSTRUMENT

DOUBLE-CUP MOUTHPIECES

Acclaimed by Brass Players as the Greatest and The most Sensational Mouthpiece Discovery of the age.

The formation of these two cups in respect to each other, is such that there is no waste of energy, such as results from unnecessary whirls or eddy currents of air vibrations. The air vibrations being produced by the lips on the Double-Cup Mouthpiece are directly transferred to the tone producing chamber, permitting the player to produce Rich, Full Penetrating Tones throughout entire registers; yet a pianissimo which is sweet and clear and which can instantly be increased to a double tone of surprising brilliance and volume. Endurance that will be increased beyond your greatest expectations. Effortless Playing Ease that will amaze you. Ease of playing Higher Tones that will thrill you.

Study the pictures illustrated, Compare them and see for yourself why this scientifically constructed mouthpiece makes it possible for you to get such remarkable results which are so hard for the ordinary mouthpiece to produce.

Let us prove to you that once you have played on a Double-Cup you will be as enthusiastic about this Natural Playing Mouthpiece as are the increasing thousands of Double Cup warts.