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B40 "profile" style beak

Author: sinkdraiN
Date: 2005-03-18 12:25

I go back and forth between a Morgan RM15 and a B40. Both are excellent mouthpieces. The Morgan is velvety and dark and very easy to play. The B40 is ineteresting. It has the same thick dark bottom as the Morgan but also has a real nice ring higher in the overtones. Its a real complex sound.

I can get tired while playing the B40 but never on the Morgan. Do the B40 profile mouthpieces sound different from the regular B40? Basically my question is would the profile version of the B40 be kinder to my chops like the Morgan but still retain that beautiful B40 tone?

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Re: B40 "profile" style beak

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2005-03-18 14:20

If it's really an issue, you could file/sand the beak of the B40 down to match the profile of the Morgan beak, and have the best of both worlds. Contact me off-line and I'll tell you how to restore the smooth, highly-polished surface of the original.

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Re: B40 "profile" style beak

Author: OpusII
Date: 2005-03-18 15:09

I've found the B40 profile to sound better than the B40 traditional, this because of the playing comfort. But I still love my Viotto B3 witch has a B40 facing on a zinner blank....

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