Calicchio Artist Series: Rich Szabo Custom Mouthpiece - A Brass Mavens Exclusive!
Trumpet star Rich Szabo began studying his instrument at the age of nine. As a teenager growing up in New Jersey, he often dreamed of playing with his idol, Maynard Ferguson. Upon his completion of his musical studies at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rich's dream was fulfilled when he was asked to join the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra.
Rich has since played in the bands of Buddy Rich, Ray Anthony, Billy May, Tito Puente, Larry Elgart, Sammy Kaye, Xavier Cugat, Sonny Costanzo, Buddy Childers, Charli Persip, Charlie Ventura, the New Jersey Pops, and can still be seen and heard occasionally on PBS playing lead trumpet with Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians.
He has performed or recorded with The Four Freshman, The Four Lads, The Chordettes, Steve Martin, The GrassRoots, Frankie Valli, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Johnny Desmond, Keely Smith, Margaret Whiting, Leslie gore, Regis Philbin, Joan rivers, Robert Klein, Lou Christy, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Allen & Rossi, Melissa Manchester, Natalie Cole just to mention a few. Rich is a fabulous player, and whether it be a concert hall, dance band gig or intimate jazz room, Rich Szabo will knock you out!
Rich is also an entrepreneur and is the founder of Zaja Musical Products, whose trumpet- and other brass-related products have been popular for many years now.
This mouthpiece has the following specifications:
0.665” Inside diameter medium wide rim, in the range of a Bach 3C or Schilke 12
Shallow convex V cup helps with compression and an easier upper register
Comfortable medium wide rim
Throat size is #28
Stamped SZABO 1
Contemporary Calicchio contour
It gives comfort and ease to the upper register of the trumpet a new meaning. Get a sizzling fat sound in all registers of the horn with minimal effort. Designed with a comfortable rim which increases your endurance.
Trumpet star Rich Szabo began studying his instrument at the age of nine. As a teenager growing up in New Jersey, he often dreamed of playing with his idol, Maynard Ferguson. Upon his completion of his musical studies at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rich's dream was fulfilled when he was asked to join the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra.
Rich has since played in the bands of Buddy Rich, Ray Anthony, Billy May, Tito Puente, Larry Elgart, Sammy Kaye, Xavier Cugat, Sonny Costanzo, Buddy Childers, Charli Persip, Charlie Ventura, the New Jersey Pops, and can still be seen and heard occasionally on PBS playing lead trumpet with Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians.
He has performed or recorded with The Four Freshman, The Four Lads, The Chordettes, Steve Martin, The GrassRoots, Frankie Valli, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Johnny Desmond, Keely Smith, Margaret Whiting, Leslie gore, Regis Philbin, Joan rivers, Robert Klein, Lou Christy, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Allen & Rossi, Melissa Manchester, Natalie Cole just to mention a few. Rich is a fabulous player, and whether it be a concert hall, dance band gig or intimate jazz room, Rich Szabo will knock you out!
Rich is also an entrepreneur and is the founder of Zaja Musical Products, whose trumpet- and other brass-related products have been popular for many years now.
This mouthpiece has the following specifications:
0.665” Inside diameter medium wide rim, in the range of a Bach 3C or Schilke 12
Shallow convex V cup helps with compression and an easier upper register
Comfortable medium wide rim
Throat size is #28
Stamped SZABO 1
Contemporary Calicchio contour
It gives comfort and ease to the upper register of the trumpet a new meaning. Get a sizzling fat sound in all registers of the horn with minimal effort. Designed with a comfortable rim which increases your endurance.
Trumpet star Rich Szabo began studying his instrument at the age of nine. As a teenager growing up in New Jersey, he often dreamed of playing with his idol, Maynard Ferguson. Upon his completion of his musical studies at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rich's dream was fulfilled when he was asked to join the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra.
Rich has since played in the bands of Buddy Rich, Ray Anthony, Billy May, Tito Puente, Larry Elgart, Sammy Kaye, Xavier Cugat, Sonny Costanzo, Buddy Childers, Charli Persip, Charlie Ventura, the New Jersey Pops, and can still be seen and heard occasionally on PBS playing lead trumpet with Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians.
He has performed or recorded with The Four Freshman, The Four Lads, The Chordettes, Steve Martin, The GrassRoots, Frankie Valli, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Johnny Desmond, Keely Smith, Margaret Whiting, Leslie gore, Regis Philbin, Joan rivers, Robert Klein, Lou Christy, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Allen & Rossi, Melissa Manchester, Natalie Cole just to mention a few. Rich is a fabulous player, and whether it be a concert hall, dance band gig or intimate jazz room, Rich Szabo will knock you out!
Rich is also an entrepreneur and is the founder of Zaja Musical Products, whose trumpet- and other brass-related products have been popular for many years now.
This mouthpiece has the following specifications:
0.665” Inside diameter medium wide rim, in the range of a Bach 3C or Schilke 12
Shallow convex V cup helps with compression and an easier upper register
Comfortable medium wide rim
Throat size is #28
Stamped SZABO 1
Contemporary Calicchio contour
It gives comfort and ease to the upper register of the trumpet a new meaning. Get a sizzling fat sound in all registers of the horn with minimal effort. Designed with a comfortable rim which increases your endurance.
Domenick Calicchio may best be remembered as a master craftsman and instrument maker, but did you know that he also made fine custom mouthpieces? Dominick used traditional tooling and methods, and did not keep many notes or drawings of these unique pieces, but he crafted fabulous custom mouthpieces - by hand- for the best players of the day.
A few years ago, Calicchio’s owner master craftsman John Duda sought to recreate some of these famous one-of-a-kind mouthpieces as the Calicchio Artist Series, and collect others to be included in the collection. Trusted agents helped track down the owners and asked if they would consider allowing replicas of these hand made custom mouthpieces to be made.
It was decided that the task of recreating these 'Holy Grail' mouthpieces should only be entrusted to the experts at Kanstul Musical Instruments, the pioneer and industry leader in single point mouthpiece scanning and accurate duplication at the time. Zig Kanstul welcomed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to honor this part of Domenick Calicchio’s legacy and he appointed his master craftsman (who at one time had worked for Domenick himself) to do the work.
These rare mouthpieces were collected and scanned over a period of weeks, and the originals quickly and safely returned to their owners. But John's health began to decline and for a time the entire industry was facing the challenges of a major recession. Later, Zig Kanstul passed, and the factory he founded shuttered. John Duda himself passed away recently, and it seemed the Calicchio Artist Series mouthpieces might never see the light of day after all...until now!
With your purchase, you will have bragging rights that you are directly supporting the effort to not only save Calicchio Musical Instruments, but also to highlight the contributions Domenick Calicchio and John Duda made to the industry.
Kanstul Musical Instruments was a pioneer in single-point scanning and mouthpiece duplication. Before the factory was shuttered, players from around the world trusted Kanstul for their accuracy in duplicating the most valuable and unique mouthpieces, as well as extremely consistent production mouthpieces. It can be argued that Zig Kanstul’s master craftsman helped educate the current generation of mouthpiece makers, and he continues to serve as a resource and consultant to the industry to this day.
