Student-level Mouthpiece with Uncompromising Laskey Quality Laskey’s mouthpieces are renowned among professional horn players for their sheer level of precision and performance — the Protégé series applies that same time-tested formula to a student-level mouthpiece with uncompromising quality. Protégé series horn mouthpieces feature a highly durable silver-plated design, with Laskey’s traditional defined contour edge for exceptional clarity. What’s more, Instructors at the GearNuts Academy of Music & Technology find that the consistency and comfort of Laskey Protégé mouthpieces greatly aid students in the first few years of embouchure development.Laskey Mouthpieces: often imitated but never duplicated Since acquiring the Laskey brand in 2019, Backun Musical Services— a part of the Eastman Music Company — have focused on redeveloping Laskey’s classic one-piece mouthpieces. Using original drawings and CNC machine codes, the company’s team of researchers and developers are reverse engineering the late Scott Laskey’s original designs to match those iconic mouthpieces —