Z Cups
The Z Cup has a small cup volume that features a brilliant fat and powerful sound throughout the horn and an astonishingly easy upper register.
While most "conventional commercial" cups tend to shut off vibrations and have a thin tone, the Z Cups have the chop room to allow for free lip vibrations which produce clean articulations, and a full commanding sound from low F# to above Double C!
The Z Cup features a higher alpha angle than the S Cup and longer L1 to achieve optimum lip room for vibrating freedom, support for compression and crisp articulation.
The Z* has a medium bite and the Z** has a softer bite, although, the cup parameters are basically the same.
This is an excellent choice for commercial playing, big band, lead-work, marching band, drum corps, and recording.
This mouthpiece will really Zing from top to bottom.