Jet-Tone and Parduba Mouthpieces

Are Jet-Tone and Parduba Mouthpieces any good. There are several playing pros that use each brand of mouthpiece. If they are good for YOU or not is not something anyone can guess until they see and hear you play.

Both Jet-Tone and Parduba Mouthpieces make use of a wider and deeper second cup to aid in the sound of a shallow mouthpiece.

A Parduba is a bad choice (as is a Jet-tone) for players who allow their lips to extend into the cup as they play. Those mouthpieces with little or no cup will stop the buzz as you bottom out.

As for the Parduba Harry James played the HJ or shallow models. He had a pretty nice sound too. We should all do so well.
I always liked the basic design but not the rim. There are a number of copies of this idea that are not as good. The Callet cv (the second cup is only 1/4 as wide and not as deep).

Jet-tones use a similar idea on some mouthpieces but there is a curve instead of a shoulder ridge going from the first to the second cup. And JT second cups are not as deep as Pardubas.

Several other mouthpiece makers make some mouthpieces with a widened second cup.

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