Mouth Piece Puller







The mouthpiece puller is a commercially available tool that was in need of rethinking. Conventional mouthpiece pullers usually have two steel handles and clumsily remove the mouthpiece by screwing two steel cradles in opposite directions, thus removing the mouthpiece. The tool seen here uses three brass arms to anchor round the bore of the instrument, these are designed to be squeezed with one hand whilst twisting a handle with the other similarly to a cork screw. The mouthpiece is cradled by an adjustable leather strap system. This tool is designed to work on all brass musical instruments regardless of their size.
Tools for Serving an Orchestra

The tools presented in this collection focus on the brass section; this section of the orchestra presents a number of instances where apt tools are necessary but absent. One of the most commonly neglected prerequisites of a brass musical instrument is the lubrication that greases the slides that enable it to be tuned. The tools shown here are used to remove these tuning slides when lubrication has not been regularly or sufficiently applied, leading to the slides becoming stuck. For both amateur and profesional players this all too common problem mostly resulting in costly and time consuming trips to repair shops. The tools offered here empower musicians to service and repair their own instruments, keeping performers in constant contact with their most prized possession and primary money making device