{"id":76523,"date":"2025-09-06T16:48:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trevorjonesltd.co.uk\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=76523"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:40:54","slug":"mercer-barker-mb5-cattanach-tuba-mouthpiece","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/trevorjonesltd.co.uk\/shop\/product\/mercer-barker-mb5-cattanach-tuba-mouthpiece\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercer &#038; Barker MB5 &#8220;Cattanach&#8221; Tuba Mouthpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mercer &amp; Barker MB5 &#8220;Cattanach&#8221; Tuba Mouthpiece<\/h2>\n<p>Mercer &amp; Barker MB5 &#8220;Cattanach&#8221; Tuba Mouthpiece <strong>Specifications:<\/strong> Cup Diameter: 33.00mm Throat: 8.30mm Rim: 8.00mm <strong>Comparisons:<\/strong> Mike Finn MF3\/Bach 7\/PT88L K&amp;G 1F Our most popular BBb Bass Mouthpiece as played and endorsed by the Fodens Principal BBb Tuba Player \u201cAndy Cattanach\u201d. This tuba mouthpiece is our Number 1 selling BBb Tuba mouthpiece, heavy weight in build helps generate warm velvety sounds in the lower register perfectly sized so that there is minimal change to the embouchure when dropping to the depths of the pedal register. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"image-with-text__heading h1 rte\">About Mercer &amp; Barker<\/h3>\n<div class=\"image-with-text__text rte body\">Mercer &amp; Barker Ltd was created as a company and launched in the Autumn of 2019 and is the brainchild of Carl Mercer and George Barker, a collaboration of two Tuba players and friends striving to design, develop and create brass instrument mouthpieces of the highest quality using the best of British precision engineering. \u201cI Began playing BBb Bass at the age of 13 and still playing it into my 50\u2019s. 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