Current Instruments

UPDATED September 23,

2019

Paul Gaspar has played on Bach trumpets, cornet & mouthpieces for over 30 years, from NY & Mt. Vernon Bachs to post-strike Bachs built at the Conn-Selmer complex in Elkhart IN.

Here is his current gear:

Horns:

Bb Trumpet: XL bore 2019 Clarke Mazzio Prototype Custom, currently unlacquered (see specs below)

Bb Trumpet: ML bore 1975 Bach Strad with Mt. Vernon 72 Bell and 43 lead pipe. gold plated

Bb Trumpet: XL bore 1993 Schilke X4, Beryllium bell, restored by Schilke August 2017 (above right photo)

Bb Cornet: M bore 1940's Mt Vernon Bach Mercury, silver plated

Flugelhorn: 2006 Conn Vintage One. rose brass bell. lacquered

Soprano Trombone: M bore 1927 Conn 17A. original lacquer

Piccolo Trumpet: Kühnl & Hoyer (Germany) piston valves. gold lacquered

Valve Trombone: Restored & silver plated Reynolds

Slide trombone: Blessing B-88 L bore F attachment

THE CLARKE MAZZIO PROTOTYPE CUSTOM TRUMPET

- Mazzio designed double reversed square Bach style tuning slide

- Mazzio designed nickel-copper lead pipe

- XL bore (.470) valve section

~ Carol Brass Valve Block (the rest going forward will have either Getzen or Meinlschmidt valve sections)

- Lightweight 2 piece copper bell, 5" medium flare shape, and a wireless rim, and a "choke" at the bell tail (a la Claude Gordon models)

For more info on anything, contact Clark at Mazziocompany@gmail.com

Mouthpieces:

Schilke 22 (vintage - gift from Tony Lujan)

Schilke 22A2D with 25 throat ("Schilke PG-0")

PG-0 made by Joe Pera. Like A Bach 0 with a very different inside, 24 throat, Schilke D backbore

PG-∞ made by Joe Pera Hybrid of PG-0 & PG-1 with conventional medium shallow V cup, 27 throat, Bach 117 backbore.

Bach 1 with a D cup and 117 backbore (in gold plate - "Bach PG-1"), the main mpc. cornet & soprano trombone (custom ordered from Bach).

Denis Wick RW2 (deep V cup) for cornet

Denis Wick 2F flugel

Warbonite 3SV / Bach 117 for piccolo trumpet (hard rubber top)

Marcinkiewicz 6ES for valve & small shank trombone

Bach 3 for large shank trombone

Keyboards:

Vintage Ensoniq TS-12 (at-home keyboard for studio)

Vintage TS-10 (next up for restoration)