Hammond Design announce 2007 sponsorship for Santa Clara Vanguard

Franklin Park, IL – June 1, 2007 –Hammond Design is pleased to announce a new relationship with the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps.

Hammond Design is pleased to announce that Santa Clara Vanguard’s entire hornline will be using their specially designed custom mouthpieces for the 2007 season. Hammond Design has worked with the Santa Clara Vanguard instructional staff to develop mouthpieces that fit the needs of the Santa Clara Vanguard.

Santa Clara Vanguard Trumpet Technician, Ramon Vasquez, speaks about his success with the mouthpieces, "I suggested to Nick Williams brass caption head of the Santa Clara Vanguard that we should work with Karl Hammond in December of 2006. At this time, I had known of the high quality, hand-made mouthpieces that he has made for myself as well as other notable musicians in the industry today. I had also known that Karl has been actively involved in the Drum and Bugle corps activity in his work with the Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps. Through his work in designing and developing a true mellophone mouthpiece (among others), Karl Hammond has made a mouthpiece that suits the needs of the performers on the field that offers superior intonation and projection. With Karl's attention to detail and his willingness to make the best mouthpiece on the market, he has taken the advice of myself and others in the industry to devise the best mouthpieces that can be used on the marching field as well as the concert hall. Karl has done it again! If you have not played on a Karl Hammond mouthpiece...you need to. You don't know what you and your students are missing."

Owner Karl Hammond says, “Our relationship with the Santa Clara Vanguard has been an absolute pleasure. Working with their staff to create new mouthpieces that fit their specific needs has been a great experience and we are all excited about the results. We look forward to sponsoring the Santa Clara Vanguard for the 2007 season.”

Hammond Design is proud to announce that we will be sponsoring The Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps for the 2007 season! Read the following press release from The Bluecoats.

The Bluecoats announce 2007 sponsorship by Hammond Design Mouthpieces

Franklin Park, IL – August 14, 2006 – The Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps are pleased to announce a new relationship with Hammond Design Mouthpieces. The corps’ trumpet and mellophone sections played their 2006 program “connexus” on all new mouthpieces that were specifically designed for them by Hammond Design.

The Bluecoats are pleased to announce that Hammond Design will be sponsoring the entire hornline for the 2007 season. In addition to supplying the hornline with the current trumpet and mellophone mouthpieces, Hammond Design will be working with the Bluecoats instructional staff to develop baritone and tuba mouthpieces that fit the specific needs of the Bluecoats.

George Wozniak, Bluecoats Brass Co-Caption Head speaks about their success with the mouthpieces, “Hammond Design Mouthpieces have helped provide us with clear and resonant projection throughout the range of our instruments. The ability to focus pitches quicker, right to the center of the tone, through their heavyweight design, has been excellent. The rim design allows greater comfort for endurance and accuracy. They provide the ability to match consistency of tonal color player to player and give students the equivalent set-up, quality and confidence that the Bluecoats brass ensemble demands. They are a welcome addition to the Bluecoats brass program.”

Hammond Design’s all new mellophone mouthpiece promises to provide the discriminating player with better response and intonation than any other mellophone mouthpiece on the market. Ryan Adamsons, brass instructor, comments, “What Karl's mellophone mouthpiece allows us to do is to combine the internal characteristics of the french horn mouthpieces our players are used to with the shank the mellophone needs and the rim that's neccesary for the marching idiom. The result is a mouthpiece that finally meets the needs of the player, the instrument, and the activity."

Owner Karl Hammond says, “Our relationship with the Bluecoats has been an absolute pleasure. Working with their staff and players to create new mouthpieces has been a great experience and we are all excited about the results. We look forward to sponsoring the Bluecoats for the 2007 season.”