Pura Vida!
A couple of months ago a gentleman from the Netherlands by the name of Thijs van 't Hul contacted us about purchasing a stainless steel mouthpiece with customized engraving on it, This isn’t something that we would normally do but when he explained the tragic story behind this request we felt that we just had to help him.
Thijs asked for “Pura Vida!” to be engraved on the mouthpiece which we believe translates to Pure Life! the request was in memory of his son Bram who was tragically killed earlier this year in an airplane accident whilst travelling in South America.
We hope that this small gesture gives Thijs some comfort and solace.
As a follow up from our post regarding the heartfelt story of the “Pura Vida!” (Pure Life ) Goliath mouthpiece sent to Thijs van 't Hul in the Netherlands, he has now received it and sent the following review:
An unexpected surprise: the mouthpiece arrived yesterday afternoon! When I opened the package I was blown away! It looks fantastic! What a beauty!
The inscription made me emotional. Thank you for thinking along and cooperating with that, My first playing experiences are great. The mouthpiece makes the instrument sound really great! Over the last years I have tried many mouthpieces but it has never sounded like this.
In the low register a big, massive, fat sound. Very easy to control. Also easy to control in the high register and a nice full sound. Last night at the band rehearsal I could use it right away. With two B-flat basses on Mercer and Barker Goliath, we have one heck of a sound.
The rim is very comfortable and I can clearly feel the difference between stainless steel and plated silver. In my experience plated silver sometimes feels a bit sticky. That didn't bother me now, that makes it very flexible. In short, I am very, very excited and I can recommend the Mercer and Barker mouthpieces to everyone!
In this time of grief and sadness I was finally able to fully enjoy playing again. Thank you so much George and Carl!
Thank you very much!
Kind regards,
Thijs van 't Hul
Thijs asked for “Pura Vida!” to be engraved on the mouthpiece which we believe translates to Pure Life! the request was in memory of his son Bram who was tragically killed earlier this year in an airplane accident whilst travelling in South America.
We hope that this small gesture gives Thijs some comfort and solace.
As a follow up from our post regarding the heartfelt story of the “Pura Vida!” (Pure Life ) Goliath mouthpiece sent to Thijs van 't Hul in the Netherlands, he has now received it and sent the following review:
An unexpected surprise: the mouthpiece arrived yesterday afternoon! When I opened the package I was blown away! It looks fantastic! What a beauty!
The inscription made me emotional. Thank you for thinking along and cooperating with that, My first playing experiences are great. The mouthpiece makes the instrument sound really great! Over the last years I have tried many mouthpieces but it has never sounded like this.
In the low register a big, massive, fat sound. Very easy to control. Also easy to control in the high register and a nice full sound. Last night at the band rehearsal I could use it right away. With two B-flat basses on Mercer and Barker Goliath, we have one heck of a sound.
The rim is very comfortable and I can clearly feel the difference between stainless steel and plated silver. In my experience plated silver sometimes feels a bit sticky. That didn't bother me now, that makes it very flexible. In short, I am very, very excited and I can recommend the Mercer and Barker mouthpieces to everyone!
In this time of grief and sadness I was finally able to fully enjoy playing again. Thank you so much George and Carl!
Thank you very much!
Kind regards,
Thijs van 't Hul