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Author: K.B.M
Date: 2006-11-07 17:40
Hello everyone,
I am currently starting to try out new mouthpieces. I have an R-13 and a B45 mouthpiece right now. I play on 3 Vandorens with an Optimum lig. I have tried out the M30, and I like it, but I would like to try out others also. My teacher from H.S said that many of her students like the Genussa mouthpiece. However, I looked these up and there are many different facings. Has anyone ever tried this mouthpiece? If so, which facing did you use?
Thanks!
-Katie
Post Edited (2006-11-08 02:24)
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Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2006-11-08 17:55
Ben Redwine - a BB sponsor (click on Mouthpieces & Barrels to the right and then Redwine Jazz - is the maker of Gennusa mouthpieces, look him up and give him a call or email and he can explain the various Gennusa offerings.
L. Omar Henderson
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2006-11-08 19:51
I have a G** in my repertoire that I like a great deal (kinda sorta similar to an M30 in overall feel).
These are very good mouthpieces. Watch for the pitch though. The tone chamber dimensions are amongst the largest in the industry and brings the pitch down like gangbusters. As long as you have the barrel to accomodate this it's great.
...........Paul Aviles
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Author: sherman
Date: 2006-11-08 20:09
I have two Gennusa Mouthpieces and have found no disparity of pitch whatsoever. My two are about as well intune as any mouthpiece I have owned.
I found the first inadvertantly, and then began to play it sporadically ,then on a daily basis. The attraction to this mouthpiece was a different quality of timbre, as there seemed to be less edge in the basic sound. I did not have another mouthpiece with this same quality, did a bit of investigating and found the Mr. Gennusa, formerly Principal of the Baltimore Symphony experimented with the ingrediants he used for the rubber . I cannot remember the mix, but the sound was truly different and rather attractive.
I then contacted Ben Redwine who studied with "Iggy" and bought the company when he passed on.
He copied my mouthpiece , and while it doesn't play by itself, it certainly satisfies me to a great extent, and this includes all of the various Zinner manifestations and the Van Dorens I have tried, so I can recommend the mouthpiece with no reservations. Any variation of pitch is much less than others mentioned above.
stay well, Sherman Friedland
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2006-11-08 21:22
Dear Sherman,
To say "other mouthpieces" leads me to believe those are FLAT as well. For example, the Buffet mouthpieces are at the other end of the spectrum as far as pitch. This may explain some of our current frustration with the twelfths of the Buffet given that their mouthpiece is amongst the HIGHEST pitch out there now. Included in this mix is the Pomarico wooden mouthpieces, also very high.
Here is another way to illustrate my point. Vandoren markets a "Series 13" mouthpiece whose only difference is to play DOWN to American pitch. So if you were to compare a B45 to a B45 Series 13, the later would play lower. You must not own any "standard" Vandorens either.
............Paul Aviles
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Author: leonardA
Date: 2006-11-10 00:05
I have one. I don't know what facing it is, but it has a pleasing warm tone that compares favorably with my Vandoren B45.
Leonard
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