The 5 CS, 1 CS, and 7 CS are designed around the Getzen Custom Series trombones. They do however work quite well on most trombones and I’ve been getting a lot of requests of “how do I purchase this model, because I can’t find them on your website?”.
These models are sold exclusively through Getzen dealers and you can order through your local Getzen Dealer. Please go here to find a dealer.
We’ve been shipping the piccolo mouthpieces for a while, and the trumpet mouthpieces are shipping as well. Remember to ask your local dealers to stock them, bricks and mortar places offer return policies that we can not being such a small manufacturer. The resonance is everything Mr. Ashton wants and approves. These mouthpieces are a big step forward in Mr. Ashton’s design concept and we hope you enjoy them for many years to come.
The Griego Team
We had a great week in the Edwards booth having people test the Griego Line. Glad so many of you enjoyed them. We soft launched the Griego-Ashton trumpet mouthpieces models 1, 2, 3, 4 and received some great feedback. We will have these up on the site as soon as I finish the trumpet and cornet shank piccolo mouthpieces.
For those of you ordering we are currently delivering within the week for silver plate. For testing and returns please go to Hickeys or Dillon who are both stocking dealers.
First, I want to let everyone know I appreciate all the kind emails I received after launching the Alessi’s. It was a lot of fun working with Joe to create a new line for our customers.
We are working hard to keep up with all the orders coming in from our dealers and our online store. For those of you that are still on the fence about your purchase, please consider these Griego Authorized Dealers. They all stock our mouthpieces and provide great customer service.
I will be at the ETW next week and look forward to working with those of you that will be attending.
Christan
Boxes should be here by Friday, yes the hold up is packaging. We’ll be packing inventory and shipping to dealers the first week of 2011. We’re launching only the large bore mouthpieces at this time. We do have plans for small bore but one thing at a time.
The delivery department is taking a long needed vacation tomorrow through the 10th. This means any order placed during this period will not ship until the 11th.
We pride ourselves in quick delivery but even the best employee’s need a break now and then.
For me, you’ll find me at the machine making new product getting ready for the upcoming launch of the Alessi line.
When I work on the T396-A trombone I always play a Griego mouthpiece or often one of my competitors to feel/hear what you do when you are playing.
Today I was testing a T396-A with a 4.5 Nouveau and man did it sing. Easy in all registers and beautiful sound (even for me). I think for the solo playing this combination works pretty darn well.
Enjoy these pieces, they are meant to be played.
Christan
We’ve got the large bore complete. Nouveau blanks are now available in all large bore tenor and bass models. The .75 model is currently out of stock but will be replenished this week.
Small bore nouveau will be completed in the upcoming month.
There’s a lot on the horizon with the upcoming launch of Alessi mouthpieces, and a new design concept that’s showing a lot of promise (fingers crossed).
Keep up the practice and enjoy the new toys.
Christan
We’ve received many inquiries about the coming Alessi line, so I decided to fill everyone in. Yes, we are working on the new mouthpieces and I’m really excited about our progress. Joe was just in Elkhorn for a couple of days of instrument and mouthpiece development. It went well — discoveries were made that should benefit us all.
After Joe went home, I went to New York City this past Tuesday for another round of mega mouthpiece testing. On my way into Lincoln Center, I saw Dave Taylor talking on his cell and went over to chat for a bit. It’s always great to see Dave.
Once the orchestra went on a lunch break, we started in on the mouthpieces. Amanda Stewart stuck around to lend us her ears. When rehearsal started back up, I headed out for lunch and ran into Weston Sprott. We had a great time talking shop/life/training.
After lunch it was back to the much improved Juilliard School for more mouthpiece work. This time, Dave Finlayson joined us and we quickly nailed down the winners and losers. After taking tons of notes, it was back to the airport for dinner and plane ride home.
We’re now moving on to other mouthpiece sizes. If all goes according to plan, we’ll be unveiling some new features that have never been offered in any mouthpiece line. It’s a ton of work, but very rewarding. Thanks for your patience!
Just finished a good two days with Joseph Alessi in house. We made quite a few varieties of mouthpieces, tested and now it’s back to NYC for more testing.
We’re making progress and hope to launch in June (my hope anyways). I’m learning a lot as we go through the R&D and that’s always the fun of it.
Thanks for being patient, we’re working on it. The wait will be worth it.
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