Bach 3515C 5C Trumpet Mouthpiece

• The “C” Model has a medium cup, #10 backbore, and is preferred by many players who alternate between B-Flat, C and D trumpets.
• Medium cup depth
• 16.25Mm cup diameter
• Medium wide rim shape, lowered toward the outside. Medium sharp inside. Well rounded edge with a perfect grip.
• Probably the most widely used model in the world. Its brilliant tone is preferred by school musicians and by artists.

In choosing a special combination of rim, cup, throat, and backbore designs, consider the effects of each:

• Rim
  • Wide: increases endurance
  • Narrow: improves flexibility and range
  • Round: improves comfort
  • Sharp: increases brilliance, precision of attack
• Cup
  • Large: increases volume and control
  • Small: relieves fatigue and weakness
  • Deep: darkens tone, especially in low register
  • Shallow: brightens tone, improves response, especially in high register
• Throat
  • Large: increases blowing freedom, volume, tone; sharpens high Rregister (largest sizes also sharpen low register.)
  • Small: increases resistance, endurance, brilliance; flattens high register

Genuine Vincent Bach mouthpieces are the best available in the world. Bach mouthpieces are designed to meet every conceivable playing need and have for nearly three quarters of a century. A Bach mouthpiece will make a poor instrument play well and a good instrument play better. Volume and excellent intonation; ease of response in the high and low register; rich, uniform timbre throughout the range; resistance calculated to increase the player’s endurance – these characteristics explain why the best professional artists choose bach.