TurboWood Trumpet Mouthpieces

LOTUS TurboWood Mouthpieces

Introducing a truly new class of mouthpieces with unique tonal & playing characteristics

How does a TurboWood mouthpiece perform?

Play one cup shallower but get the sound of one cup deeper.
When you play soft, it’s even warmer and sweeter.
When you play loud, it’s even LOUDER & meaner.
There is noticeably more headroom to play louder than on the same mouthpiece in Brass, Bronze or Nickel Silver. In other words, TurboWood has a higher “Max capacity” of volume output.

Adam Rapa refers to this extra volume as “Beast Mode!”

Great for:

Playing in extreme temperatures, such as outside gigs in the winter. The wood never feels cold on your lips, even in an extremely cold climate.
Players who are looking for the warmest tone possible.
Players who want a higher maximum volume capacity.

Not so good for:

Players who don’t have a well-developed control of their airstream. The same effect that makes the tone warmer and sweeter when you play softly can diffuse the sound and make articulations too fluffy or undefined for beginners or intermediate players.
If you have a diffuse tone quality and want it to be more “centered,” you’ll likely be better off with a mouthpiece made in Brass, Bronze or Nickel Silver.

Adam Rapa and Ashlin Parker have been our long-term play-testers. Here are their experiences:

The material feels very comfortable on the lips, especially after extremely long days of playing. For example, Ashlin played an intense 18 gigs in 10 days exclusively on his TurboWood 3M. This was the first time he hadn’t develop some kind of blisters on his lips after such an intense period of playing.
The lower register is even more open and rich, with a remarkable vibrating quality that you can literally feel in your bones. The material vibrates much more, and it actually transfers more vibration into your skull. This added form of physical feedback makes it even easier to hear and feel your sound in a loud environment.
The spectrum of tone colors is even wider across the volume range, giving you the ability to make micro changes in tone color for added drama and even greater artistic nuances.

Frequently asked questions:

Does it need any kind of oil/lacquer treatment?
No. The patented material we’re using is extremely dense; so dense that it can be machined in a CNC machine just the same as our Brass, Bronze & Nickel Silver. We’ve field-tested the mouthpieces for more than three years and haven’t seen any signs of the material deteriorating with time. However, each mouthpiece is lightly polished with Beeswax before delivery, which gives the wood an added luster. We recommend that you apply a thin layer of Beeswax once every 6 months or so.
The color of the wood might change slightly, but the surface texture remains the same.
Will the wood get moldy or sprout green stuff? Is it sensitive to damage?
While we cannot predict all possible reasons why your mouthpiece might get dirty and what that will do to the wood, Adam Rapa and Ashlin Parker have both been using two of the first TW we made nearly 4 years ago. No green fuzzies or mold. They are, however, equally receptive to damage from any kind of activities that would damage a Brass mouthpiece.
How to clean it?
DO NOT USE SOAP and WATER!! Dry mouthpiece brush only. Swab it out with a thin cloth and store in a dry mouthpiece pouch.

Many companies make bold claims about their products, true or not. We at LOTUS Trumpets are committed to offering genuinely improved products that can unlock more of your true potential to play with greater ease.

Our new TurboWood mouthpieces do just that! We’re extremely proud of them. Try one of them today to find out which qualities they can unlock in YOUR playing!