My Experience With the 13a4a Schilke Mouthpiece
If you've spent more than five minutes looking for a lead trumpet mouthpiece, you've definitely come across the 13a4a schilke. It's one of those pieces of gear that carries a bit of a legendary status in the trumpet world, especially among guys who spend their nights screaming over a loud big band. I remember the first time I finally got my hands on one. I'd been struggling with a standard Bach 3C for way too long, trying to force it to do things it just wasn't designed for. Popping that Schilke into my lead pipe for the first time felt like I'd finally stopped trying to race a minivan and hopped into a sports car. ...