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Tuba Mouthpieces

Your Art is Our Craft.

Denis Wick created 3 different styles of tuba mouthpiece and a variety of size and performance modifications to provide you with the perfect mouthpiece for your specific sound. Find your perfect fit with our tuba mouthpiece trial resources below.

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Discover our carefully curated selection of products that will set you on the path to success!

Trial Tips

Use our 5-step mouthpiece trial directions and additional resources to assist your mouthpiece search.

Product Key

Learn more about each part of the mouthpiece in Denis Wick Tips blog post, Mouthpieces 101.

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  1. Cup Diameter: Notated in mm
  2. Rim Width: X (wide comfort), No Letter (standard), Notated in mm
  3. Cup Contour/Depth: S (shallow), No Letter (deep)
  4. Throat: Notated in mm
  5. Shank: L (standard), U (standard*), Y (standard*)
    Backbore: Open/Barrel (free blowing), V-Type (projecting)

    * View Aaron Tindall Mouthpieces for shank specifications

Tuba Mouthpiece Chart

Mouthpiece Size Cup Diameter Rim Width Throat Backbore
Aaron Tindall UltraAT8U32.807.90
Aaron Tindall UltraAT7U32.808.00
Aaron Tindall UltraAT6U32.808.40
Aaron Tindall UltraAT5U32.808.90
Aaron Tindall UltraAT4U32.808.30
Aaron Tindall UltraAT3U32.808.20
Aaron Tindall UltraAT2U32.809.53
Aaron Tindall UltraAT1U32.809.53
Aaron Tindall UltraAT1UY32.809.53
Aaron Tindall UltraAT2UY32.809.53
Aaron Tindall UltraAT3UY32.808.20
Aaron Tindall UltraAT4UY32.808.30
Aaron Tindall UltraAT5UY32.808.90
Aaron Tindall UltraAT6UY32.808.40
Aaron Tindall UltraAT7UY32.808.00
Aaron Tindall UltraAT8UY32.807.90
Aaron Tindall UltraAT0UY32.809.55
Aaron Tindall UltraAT0U32.809.55
Classic1L32.507.358.43Open
Classic132.507.358.43Open
Classic1XL32.508.408.43Open
Heritage1XL32.508.408.43Open
Heritage1L32.507.358.43Open
Heritage1CC32.507.008.45V-Type
Heritage2.5CC32.307.008.60V-Type
Classic232.007.708.45Open
Classic2L32.007.708.45Open
Classic2SL32.008.307.60Open
Classic2XL32.008.308.45Open
Heritage2L32.007.708.45Open
Heritage2SL32.008.307.60Open
Heritage2XL32.008.308.45Open
Heritage2CC32.007.008.45V-Type
Heritage3CC31.557.008.78V-Type
Classic331.508.008.78Barrel
Classic3L31.508.008.78Barrel
Classic3SL31.508.007.62Small
Classic3XL31.508.908.78Barrel
Heritage3L31.508.008.78Barrel
Heritage3SL31.508.007.62Small
Heritage3XL31.508.908.78Barrel
Classic430.506.908.27Medium
Classic4L30.506.908.27Medium
Heritage4L30.506.908.27Medium
Classic530.406.957.90Medium
Classic5L30.406.957.90Medium
Heritage5L30.406.957.90Medium

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Tuba Mutes

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Denis Wick Mutes have all been designed by musicians, inspired to improve your performance. From non-resonant practice and travel mutes, to brilliant projecting straight mutes, Denis Wick mutes are widely used by students to professionals around the world.

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In the world of brass playing, mutes have nothing to do with silence, and everything to do with sound enhancement.

A Practical Aid to Beautiful Sound

The choice of a Denis Wick practice mute helps create this minor miracle in a way that no others can.

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Denis Wick Tips is a weekly blog which provides performance, career, educational, and product advice. Drawing from the experience of our Denis Wick artist and ambassador groups and over 50 years of industry experience of Denis Wick Products, Denis Wick tips supports performers, students, educators, parents, and everyone in between!

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Denis Wick is honored to support a wide variety of professional musicians around the world. The Denis Wick Artist group exclusively performs on Denis Wick Product, while the Denis Wick Ambassadors group includes artists who use Denis Wick products in addition to other manufacturers. Make sure to visit the Denis Wick Tips Blog to read articles and watch clinics all provided by the members of the Denis Wick Artist Groups.