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The Paris Series

The New 'Paris' Series Has Arrived!

 

 

 

Paris Trocadero alto mouthpiece in orange

 

A year after the introduction of our popular London series, a brand new design has been introduced for 2009

 
 

Once again the name of an important city has been used to identify the latest design in our catalogue.

 

Our choice of name for this year's model was not hard to make, in fact we had three distinct reasons:

 

Firstly, the whole team at HSM love Paris! A cosmopolitan city full of art, culture and music. Secondly, a great friend of ours and a significant contributor to the history of jazz music, lives there. He owns and plays one of the most wonderful mouthpieces we ever made, a London Black SE. Finally, we adore the view from the Trocadero across to the

London Aquamarine alto mouthpiece in clear

From our popular London series

 
 

Paris Trocadero baritone mouthpiece in blue

A Paris 'Trocadero' mouthpiece

 

Eiffel Tower; a symbol of art at its best. Powerful yet simple in design, this transparent piece of architecture projects its own sense of freedom.

 

These same characteristics are found in our new Paris series. The design is a work of art; powerful, simple and transparent, but ready and waiting for you to freely express your art in the way only you know how.

 

From a technical point of view the London and Paris mouthpieces have many features in common: a standard rollover baffle, a horseshoe shaped elliptical entrance from the mouthpiece bore to the internal chamber, a triple chamber approach and a parabolic end to the bore which ideally crosses the U shaped window creating our famous 'mouthpiece eye'.

 

 

 

 

But that is where the technical similarities end. The London series has a completely different internal window; the second chamber (described on our technical page) has a much bigger curvature radius. It produces a versatile and sophisticated sound which is immediately recognizable.

 

The Paris series has a newly designed more regular slope which emphasizes the medium frequencies and gives more projection to the sound, thus giving instant gratification to the contemporary player.

 

As with all our models the internal chambers are fully customizable; ask for your preferred sound and we will produce it.

 

All good wishes from us all, and Happy Playing!  Oh, and if you are ever in Paris, take our advice and visit the Trocadero after dark - you won't be disappointed!

 

The HSM Team

 

The Eiffel Tower pictured from the Trocadero

Stop dreaming, start playing!

 

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