Mercer & Barker Ltd was created as a company and launched in the Autumn of 2019 and is the brainchild of Carl Mercer and George Barker, a collaboration of two Tuba players and friends striving to design, develop and create brass instrument mouthpieces of the highest quality using the best of British precision engineering.

"I Began playing BBb Bass at the age of 13 and still playing it into my 50’s. I Joined the Stacksteads Band Bacup at 16 and made my first appearance with the NYBBGB under the tutelage of Sandy Blair and sitting in the same…"
GEORGE BARKER

"I began playing the tuba with the Salvation Army band at the age of 11, in my teens I left the SA but continued to play Tuba with local bands such as Warburtons and Longridge Band…"
CARL MERCER