{"product_id":"custom-schilke-bach-laskey-symphonic-modular-mouthpiece-set-keith-johnson","title":"Custom Schilke \/ Bach \/ Laskey Symphonic Modular Mouthpiece Set - Keith Johnson’s Personal Mouthpiece","description":"\u003cp\u003eA remarkable custom symphonic trumpet mouthpiece set. Custom made mouthpiece for symphony player Keith Johnson. These belonged to a retired professional trumpet player who was a close friend of Keith Johnson’s. The Schilke Rim and Schilke Underpart were custom made and cut by Scott Laskey himself in the 1980s. The modified Bach 1B underpart was custom modified to fit Johnson’s existing rim.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded is:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSchilke #1 Rim, Gold Plated\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSchilke 1B Underpart \/ 24 Throat \/ 75 Backbore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eBach 1B Underpart \/ 25 Throat \/ 25 Backbore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSchilke #1 Rim: \u003c\/b\u003eThe rim was cut by Scott Laskey (the same man who founded the Laskey mouthpiece company) in the 1980s. He was a close friend of Keith Johnson’s, and did this custom job on the rim. The rim was cut from a Schilke 1B blank. It was given Bach threads, and perfectly fits both underparts. It was gold plated by us for extra comfort. It is the equivalent of a \u003cstrong\u003e1 \u003c\/strong\u003erim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSchilke 1B Underpart: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis is the other half of the mouthpiece. This was cut by Scott Laskey, and was custom stamped “JOHNSON.” It has been left in the original silver plate. It is also made with Bach threads. This underpart is the equivalent size of a \u003cstrong\u003e1B\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a symphonic \u003cstrong\u003e24 throat\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e75 backbore\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBach 1B Underpart: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis was cut to fit the rim cut for Johnson by Laskey. It was made from a Vincent Bach 5B mouthpiece, which was then opened up and expanded to a 1B by \u003cspan\u003eRobert Osmun\u003c\/span\u003e, who is a renowned mouthpiece specialist based in Massachusetts. It perfectly fits the \u003cstrong\u003eSchilke 1 rim\u003c\/strong\u003e, as it has Bach threads as well. This underpart has a \u003cstrong\u003e25 throat \u003c\/strong\u003eand a \u003cstrong\u003e25 backbore\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis setup is absolutely outstanding for symphony trumpet playing. Having these mouthpieces made like this today would likely cost close to $1000. This is as good as you can possibly get. The mouthpieces were taken care of very well by their past owners, and were used in hundreds of professional symphony performances across the world. The mouthpieces have mild insertion marks and faint scratching. Nothing more than small nicks. Absolutely outstanding. This is an unimaginably rare and unique mouthpiece combination, which is absolutely sure to impress whoever plays it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom ITG on Keith Johnson:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e”I\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003en 1996 UNT awarded Johnson the title of Regents Professor, and in the fall of 2011 he was named a University Distinguished Professor of Teaching. Prior to his position at UNT, he was Professor of Trumpet at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. He performed with the Dallas Opera, the Fort Worth Symphony, the New Hampshire Music Festival and the Sundance Brass Quintet. He played Baroque trumpet with the Dallas Bach Society, Fort Worth Early Music, the Orchestra of New Spain, the Texas Baroque Trumpet Ensemble, the San Francisco Bach Choir and Orchestra, Texas Camerata and the New York Baroque Orchestra. He performed with the symphony orchestras of Dallas, Shreveport, Kansas City, Cape Town, the Mexico City Philharmonic, the Mexico City Symphony, the Solistas de Mexico, and the Orchestra of the Mineria Festival (Mexico City). He presented clinics and recitals at more than seventy-five universities and conservatories throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Romania, Italy, England, The Netherlands, Australia, Brazil and South Africa.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe was the author of two highly acclaimed books, The Art of Trumpet Playing (Iowa State University Press\/Gore Publications) and Brass Performance and Pedagogy (Prentice-Hall), and he published more than forty articles on brass playing as well as a method book entitled Developing the Upper Register. His students have held playing and teaching positions in orchestras, bands and universities in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Sweden, South Africa, Italy, England, France, Spain, Germany and Romania. In the summer of 2013, he was presented a Distinguished Service Award by the New Hampshire Music Festival for fifty years of service as co-principal trumpet of the Festival Orchestra.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohnson was a graduate of the University of North Texas and the University of Illinois. His teachers included William Scarlato (Shreveport Symphony), John Haynie (University of North Texas), Haskell Sexton (University of Illinois), Vincent Cichowicz (Chicago Symphony), Armando Ghitalla (Boston Symphony) and Arnold Jacobs (Chicago Symphony).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe served as Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Emmett Waits Canterbury Foundation at Texas Woman's University and the University of North Texas, and he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Genesis Foundation of the Republic of South Africa.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohnson was a prominent member and leader of the International Trumpet Guild (ITG) and was a featured clinician at ITG Conferences on numerous occasions. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild, and for eight years was music review editor for the ITG Journal. He co-hosted the 1988 ITG Conference at the University of North Texas and was selected by the International Trumpet Guild to receive the Award of Merit for service to the trumpet profession at the ITG Conference in 2012.“\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Custom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43144287223885,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/6920\/3533\/files\/KJohnson_Main.jpg?v=1781892853","url":"https:\/\/www.rowemouthpieces.com\/products\/custom-schilke-bach-laskey-symphonic-modular-mouthpiece-set-keith-johnson","provider":"T. Rowe Mouthpieces","version":"1.0","type":"link"}