During rehearsal last night I decided that I would have to send you a note letting you know how much I love my new SM4! I received it for Christmas (Never think that incessant hint dropping won’t work) and am amazed at the change in my playing.

I have been playing on a Schilke 52D for almost 30 years, a scary thought by itself, but I have seen more and more of the members of Motor City Brass Band switching to the Dennis Wick mouthpieces. There have been a couple of issues with my playing that I had been fighting with, and thought that maybe a change was the answer. WOW!!! My intonation is significantly better and I can’t believe how both my tone and lip slurs have improved. Now if only I could find a similar answer for technique, but I will likely have to return to the practice room for that.

Thanks for your work on the production of this mouthpiece.