Model CV Cup

Our "do-it-all" cup.  The CV works with your horn to give a wonderfully even response from ppp to fff with a smooth, controlled sound.  The color focuses from dark to moderately bright as the volume ramps up giving you access to a wide variety of sounds and textures.  Slurs are smooth and pitch stability remains good, even pushed to extreme volumes.

The CV works on a wide variety of horns from all major manufacturers. It has an incredibly even response across registers and even between horn designs.  And because it plays so evenly it can even bridge the gap to make an inexpensive horn play like one that cost thousands more.

Is the CV the best mouthpiece for your horn?  Maybe - it hangs with the best of the G series on even the nicest Geyer-style horns out there.  And if you play a Kruspe it’s competitive with the LA even on the subset of Elkhart 8Ds that model was made for.  But unlike our other models - where sometimes you find a horn that just doesn’t like a mouthpiece for some reason - it plays well on everything. If you’re not here to wade through 13 other models to guess at which one might possibly be best, the CV is your go-to because it’s great or better on every horn we’ve tried*.

Available in both modern shank sizes and H shanks for historic valved horns.

#1|#13 conical bore, medium-deep cup.  Now available in one piece form