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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2003-06-14 19:55
Does anyone know what the facing length is for the Morgan RM10 and Rm15?
Most charts give just the tip opening. IMS has some facing lengths but the Morgan is not included.
Thanks for your help.
Dan
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Author: David
Date: 2003-06-14 20:19
Probably not terribly accurate, but squinting through them, I'd guess my RM10s were in the neighbourhood of 17mm. It's a big neighbourhood, though...
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2003-06-14 20:38
David, if it's 17 to 18 mm, that sounds pretty good to me. My guess is that it has a short or medium/short facing which should make it easier to get up in to the clarion region.
Would you agree? (Note: I tried to send you a personal email but no email address was given with your name.)
Would you give me your personal assessment of the RM10? It sounds as if you have more than one.
Thanks.
Dan
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Author: David
Date: 2003-06-14 23:45
It's david94sel@yahoo.co.uk (in honour of my 3rd Generation Maxima)
Others will know for sure, but you seem to be right about it being in the mid-region. Jack Brymer mentions the range as typically being between 9mm and 26mm.
I must confess I didn't look for facing lengths or tip openings or anything in particular, I just took every mouthpiece the shop had into their try-out room and, well... tried them out. I think I went through nearly all of the main names.
I use Boosey & Hawkes 926 Imperials, and the B&H 926 No2 mouthpieces were OK, but a bit quiet, the A was very sharp, and the B-flat generally flat until warmed up thoroughly. I was toying with the idea of getting barrels done, but as they are already 67mm, you'd be getting into gibbon country to flatten the A, and I've got the feeling that buggering about with barrels generally causes more problems than it solves
I got the Morgan simply because it just sounded so good. I have to say that the mainstream ones were pretty ordinary, and while being perfectly fine, just didn't seem very special.
The RM 10 was just bang on (to misquote Mona Lisa Vito). Clear, controllable, as loud or quiet as you like, nice sounding, very rich on the throat tones and just all round stop-you-short-and-have-another-look good, The A's still a fraction sharp, but miles better now that more of the barrel is on, and the B-flat is usually in tune straight out of the box.
Even being a tight-fisted git, I liked them enough to shell out on a pair. I didn't fancy my chances of swapping a single mouthpiece over during orchestral pieces.
You may find the shape a bit funny. The top is beaked / concave-ish like a sax mouthpiece. They also respond to a slightly looser embouchure and having more in the mouth. I use Vandoren 2 reeds.
I'm now looking longingly at Excaliburs for the alto and tenor saxes. Maybe some day...
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Author: icecoke12
Date: 2003-06-16 11:32
The RM15 I have didn't seem to work too well with my new Leblanc Concerto II, as it plays flat in certain registers.
At first I suspected that it was a problem with my embrouchure or airstream. But after playing normally using vandorens and other mps on the instrument, and seeing that the clarinet tutor seem to have the same problem using his RM15, somehow I couldn't help but conclude that either the mp doesn't work well wif the instrument, or my instrument has some serious problem.. which I'm still trying to figure out...
yes.. it sounds very good though...
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