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Author: SteveT
Date: 2003-02-01 00:12
I play an R-13 with a VanDoren B45. The mouthpiece plays very well. It plays freely and has good tone. The music I play is pretty well restricted to the standards. The sound I want from a mouthpiece is a relaxed and warm sound, not the bright jazz sound or the very dark classical. Two questions:
1. Is the B45 the best mouthpiece for the music I play and the sound I want?
2. How much a difference in quality is there between the off the shelf MP's and the hand faced MP's?
Thanks
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Author: Vytas
Date: 2003-02-01 00:53
I play Vandoren B45 and relay like it a lot. I own 2 Walter Grabner's mouthpieces, 7 Chedeville mouthpieces, E&S/Chedeville, European custom made (chedeville blank), Bonade, K10M, M13Lyre, B40, Vintage Buffet wood, Prohaska 3, Marcellus M13, Selmer Table E and.... All these are fine mouthpieces but my B45 is the best! Go figure......V
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Author: Sandra F. H.
Date: 2003-02-01 03:23
You are lucky to find a really good B45. I had several B45's, and I did have one good one. I now use a Greg Smith mouthpiece. Sandra
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Author: Bob
Date: 2003-02-01 12:40
Just goes to show ya! Personally, my B45 doesn't do it for me.
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Author: sinkdraiN
Date: 2003-02-01 21:28
The B45 has not been working that great for me. Its OK but it just doesnt have the right feel for playing jazz. I too do not want a bright mouthpiece because i will also be using it in legit situations. I just ordered a Morgan RM28 (B stock) from Ralph Morgan. He said that facing will feel like a B45 setup. I loved one i tried a while ago and vowed i would get one. I love morgans on sax too.
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Author: SteveT
Date: 2003-02-01 22:18
Sinkdrain
Let me know about the Morgan RM28. I have been giving that some thought. I do have a Morgan R15. It is one of his first pieces of that model. It has the model number hand engraved on it!! It has a very nice tone, but does not have the same projection and body of my B45.
By the way my B45 played terrible when I first got it. I leveled the lay (the right word?) and it popped in very nicely.
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