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About Doug |
About Doug ElliottDoug Elliott is a professional tenor and alto trombonist, brass teacher, clinician, and mouthpiece maker. A native of Silver Spring, Maryland, Doug was solo jazz trombonist with the USAF Airmen of Note from 1989 to 1996. He has recorded with the Bill Potts Big Band, the Bruce Gates Big Band, and the Airmen of Note, among others, and played lead trombone with the Artie Shaw Orchestra for 17 years.. He is currently free-lancing in the Washington, DC area. In 1981 Doug Elliott established his mouthpiece shop. Since then he has continued to develop and refine his designs to meet the exacting needs of professional players in many different settings. All mouthpiece components are precision CNC machined in his shop, with extreme accuracy and consistency. This catalog lists most of the available mouthpiece parts, along with mouthpiece comparison charts. You may find this information helpful in determining a reasonable range of possibilities for your particular playing situation. Consultation with Doug is easy, if you need advice on what to order. Brass instruments are available in a wide variety of bore sizes and configurations, and likewise, but more importantly, brass players come in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, and embouchures. These physical differences extend to facial structure and proportion, and are affected by such elements as jaw, teeth, lip length and texture. Mouthpiece placement and horn angle may also vary considerably from one player to the next. In order to achieve success and longevity as a brass player, it is extremely important to find equipment that works with your physical setup and not against it. Doug Elliott's three piece system, with its wide range of component sizes unmatched in the industry, offers an extraordinary selection of mouthpieces to accomodate the physical and musical needs of all low brass players. Doug's vast knowledge of both embouchures and mouthpieces can help you decide what to order. Don't hesitate to ask for advice.
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