I received this item two years ago, which was purchased new, but I'm selling it because I won't be using it. While there is a feeling of use and some scratches, it doesn't affect the performance. I don't have much information about this mouthpiece, so I don't know the details, but I believe it's a copy of a very rare Giardinelli mouthpiece made by Brass Lab.MOMO. Also, I think it might be a model of Warren Deck, the former tuba player of the New York Philharmonic.