The flugelhorn requires a mouthpiece capable of offering deep warmth, natural flexibility, and roundness that remains stable across the entire range.
Our flugelhorn models are designed for musicians seeking a broad, soft, and enveloping sound, while maintaining comfortable precision in the attack.
Each mouthpiece allows players to explore the warm tonal color characteristic of the flugelhorn, with rim contours and cup designs created to support both lyrical playing and more intimate or muted lines.
Choosing your mouthpiece
Choosing a mouthpiece means finding the right balance between diameter, cup, throat, and mass.
To support musicians in this choice, we have gathered several simple reference points, each explained in a dedicated section.
You can therefore:
– explore the most popular models, to discover the sound signatures that work best among musicians;
– choose your diameter, according to your natural comfort and your playing goals;
– choose your cup, to adjust your register, sound volume, and the sensation of density in the lips;
– choose your plating, according to your feeling in contact with the metal and the level of maintenance you prefer;
– consult the cup information, to understand depths from B to F and their impact on the register;
– consult the mass information, which influences stability, precision, and the way the mouthpiece responds;
– understand flugelhorn fitting, according to, the different brands;
– choose your blank;
– read our advice on how to play your mouthpiece, in order to obtain a free, regular, and comfortable vibration.
These elements will guide you toward the model that best matches your playing style, sound aesthetic, and way of shaping the vibration.
Models – small and intermediate diameters
The name of most of our models refers directly to their inner diameter: a 161 therefore corresponds to 16.1 mm.
The 163 ALPHA – A small, warm and gentle mouthpiece, easy in all registers
The 163 ALPHA Short – A small, lively and warm mouthpiece
The 163 ALPHA Short Small – A small, lively and warm mouthpiece
The 163 ALPHA Small – A small, warm and gentle mouthpiece, easy in all registers
The 165 ALPHA – A mouthpiece that offers a round sound
The 165 ALPHA Small – A mouthpiece that offers a round sound
The 165 TR – A full sound
The 165 TR Small – A full sound
The 168 FL – A pleasant and soft mouthpiece
The 168 FL Short – A pleasant and soft mouthpiece
The 168 FL Short Small – A pleasant and soft mouthpiece
The 168 FL Small – A pleasant and soft mouthpiece
The 169 TR – A pleasant and soft mouthpiece
The 169 TR Small – A pleasant and soft mouthpiece
The 170 ALPHA – A very dark sound while keeping clear articulation
The 170 ALPHA Short – A very dark sound while keeping clear articulation
The 170 ALPHA Short Small – A very dark sound while keeping clear articulation
The 170 ALPHA Small – A very dark sound while keeping clear articulation
The BELMONDO – A comfortable mouthpiece that produces a soft sound
The BELMONDO Small – A comfortable mouthpiece that produces a soft sound
Custom moutpieces
DONAT is one of the very few workshops capable of offering true custom work. This demanding expertise is built on years of research, prototypes, and collaborations with musicians of all levels.
It is important to clarify that the DONAT workshop never makes copies: we do not reproduce mouthpieces from other brands, and we do not attempt to “imitate” external models. When a musician wishes to approach a particular sensation or aesthetic, the workshop guides them toward personalized work built exclusively from DONAT models.
Custom work is therefore not a blank starting point, nor the reconstruction of an existing model. It is a controlled variation, based on the acoustic stability of the catalogue. Starting from a specific model, we may adjust a rim, refine a cup depth, modify the cup–backbore combination, adapt a throat or a mass. These are subtle workshop gestures, precise adjustments that cannot be achieved through simple imitation.
To guarantee this balance, every custom project begins with a Premium Trial. The musician first chooses several catalogue models that approach their intention. These trials allow us to identify what works, what should be preserved, and what needs to be adjusted.
Only after this stage can the workshop create a custom model — work built on real playing sensations, not on an abstract idea or a requested copy.
The DONAT custom approach exists only because the workshop possesses:
– a large and coherent catalogue,
– a refined understanding of acoustic balances,
– rare craftsmanship and in-house manufacturing.
This is the rarity we wish to preserve: personalized work that remains faithful, respecting both the musician’s vibration and the DONAT sonic identity.