This Auction is for one WX-3 Irving R. Bush Standard Cornet Mouthpiece 

"New" Never used -- Listed for sale by the manufacturer

$120.00 

Irving R. Bush Standard Cornet Mouthpieces

Trumpet players throughout the world have realized the need for a precision-built, custom mouthpiece. Each Bush mouthpiece has been scientifically designed to produce an accurate qualitative trumpet tone. Every model was extensively tested for intonation, ease of response, flexibility and individual lip comfort. All mouthpieces are measured for exactness using state of the art equipment. Years of research and testing have resulted in brass mouthpieces of superb excellence.

The cup diameter is offered in several sizes, and the cup depths range from very deep to shallow. Corresponding cup diameters are identical and can be interchanged with different cup depths. Interchanging cup depths has proved advantageous for players who perform more than one type of music; also for players who perform on C, D, Eb, E, G and piccolo trumpets.

The S cup mouthpieces are designed to produce a big symphonic tone. The number 1 and number 2 cups are designed to produce a big tone with more brilliance. The 3D cup is designed as an all-purpose mouthpiece. The shallower cups ( 3) are noted for their brilliant tone quality without sacrificing the low register. There is a Bush Mouthpiece designed for every playing situation.

About Irving R. Bush

Irving Bush (1930–2009) has been associated with nearly every phase of the music profession. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he received his BA and MA degrees, cum laude, from California State University, Los Angeles. He has played with many name bands and orchestras including Dave Rose, Nelson Riddle and Harry James, and for three years was Nat “King” Cole’s personal first trumpet player.

He has performed for many motion picture studios including 20th Century Fox, MGM, Columbia, Disney, Universal, Paramount and Warner Brothers Pictures. He has played on recordings with Nat “King” Cole, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, Sarah Vaughan, Barbara Streisand and many others. In the symphonic area, he has recorded with the Columbia Broadcasting Symphony, Igor Stravinsky conducting and recordings by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra with Zubin Mehta, Carlo Giulini, Erik Leinsdorf, Michael Tilson Thomas, Andre Previn and Leonard Bernstein.

Mr. Bush has published numerous articles on trumpet related subjects and is author of “Artistic Trumpet Technique and Study.” He also has been design and research consultant for several trumpet manufacturers. Mr. Bush served for many years on the faculty of the University of Southern California and California State University, Los Angeles.

“Irving had a subtle sense of humor which he shared mostly with his colleagues. The reverse side of his business card read: ‘There are two sides to a trumpeter’s personality—there is the one that lives only to lay waste to the woodwinds and strings, leaving them lying blue and lifeless along the swath of destruction that is a trumpeter’s fury; then there is the dark side.’”

Lettering and numbering system for Bush mouthpieces

M – Medium wide cup

W – Wide cup

WX – Very wide cup

WX-A, B, C – Bowl-shaped cup, symphonic cup

WXT – V-shape cup

P – Piccolo trumpet

F – Flugelhorn cup

S – Very deep cup

1 – Deep cup

2 – Medium deep cup

3D – Medium cup

3 – Shallow cup

4 – Very shallow cup

M Series

Model Number   Throat Size      Cup Depth            Cup Diameter

M-1                      #27                     Deep                     41/64″

M-2                      #27                   Medium deep          41/64″

M-3D                   #27                   Medium                    41/64″

M-3                     #27                    Shallow                   41/64″

M-4                     #27                Very shallow                41/64″

W Series

Model Number   Throat Size        Cup Depth              Cup Diameter

W-S                    #27                     Very deep                    42/64″

W-S/C                #25                     Very deep                    42/64″

W-1                    #27                      Deep                          42/64″

W-2                   #27                  Medium deep                  42/64″

W-3D                #27                       Medium                      42/64″

W-3                   #27                      Shallow                       42/64″

W-4                  #27                   Very Shallow                   42/64″

WX Series

Model Number   Throat Size          Cup Depth            Cup Diameter

WX-S                    #27                    Very deep                  43/64″

WX-S/C                #25                     Very deep                 43/64″

WX-1                    #27                        Deep                     43/64″

WX-2                    #27                  Medium deep              43/64″

WX-3D                 #27                     Medium                    43/64″

WX-3                   #27                     Shallow                     43/64″

WX-ABC Series

Model Number   Throat Size       Cup Depth         Cup Diameter

WX-A                    #27                     Deep                   43/64″

WX-B                    #27                Medium deep           43/64″

WX-C                   #27                Very deep                 43/64″

WXT Series   V-shape Cups for Trumpet

Model Number     Throat Size                 Cup Depth               Cup Diameter

WXT-B2                 #28                            Very deep                     43/64″

WXT-B3                 #28                                Deep                         43/64″

WXT-4B4               #28                          Medium deep                  43/64″

WXT-B5                 #28                          Medium shallow              43/64″

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