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Author: john gibson
Date: 2003-12-16 20:08
Another aspect of the Olegature saga I asked about previously, is....one seller is offering a Mitchell Lurie MPC with the olegature.....it's an M3(whatever that means) Anyone have a clue about this MPC? I love ML reeds but don't know about his MPCs. thanks again....
John G
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2003-12-16 20:52
ML mouthpieces are highly variable from one to another, like all mass-produced mouthpieces. Certainly there are worst ones out there.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-12-16 22:26
I inherited an ?older? ML M4 , am not sure if it has been refaced, mediocre in my view. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Wes
Date: 2003-12-16 22:41
The M3 Mitchell Lurie mouthpiece was originally sold in the 1950s. When they were first sold, I bought one which he mailed to me from his house in West Los Angeles in about 1955. I had studied with him in the early 1950s as my second major teacher. Although I have touched up the lay on that mouthpiece, I play it every day. It is good for the entire range of the instrument and good for orchestral, concert band, chamber music, and jazz big band playing. There are a couple more in my possession which I also like. There also are a couple of later models which I bought at a music store $3 closeout that desperately needed refacing but are now fine.
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Author: donald
Date: 2003-12-17 18:50
i have a recording somewhere of me playing on an M3 back in 1987- i remember it sounding ok (or is that ME sounding ok?). however reccently one came accross my desk for refacing and i was suprised at how bright and thin the core sound was- either i was making huge adjustments for the mouthpiece i played in '87, or there is a huge variation in quality.... probably a bit of both i'd say.
donald
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-12-17 19:18
Re: my M4, I may have been too hasty in my judgment. On closer inspection it appears to be "virgin". I'm taking it along with others in my LeB Dyn 2 [poor-mans Pete F] case to our daughter's, where I'll have time to play and evaluate. Will report, if significant. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2003-12-23 14:12
Hi,
I just got a new M3 for a very cheap price on eBay and it plays very well for me. In fact, surprisingly well.
But then, I seem to be able to make just about anything other than a Selmer HS* play reasonably well with a short adjustment period. The M3 is a bit more open (and about the same as my Portnoy BP02). What Bonade and Portnoy said about mouthpieces and the adjustments we make in making them work for us must have been pretty much correct.
HRL
Post Edited (2003-12-23 17:54)
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