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Re: Morgan "scoop" beak vs Profile 88

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2018-09-14 03:09
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Well they are a shade bright and play well, but the bore is way too small. I don't have your model in front of me, but they seem to use the same molds.

So we have a decent mouthpiece , actually better than a lot of mouthpieces on the market, but not probably not for your classical players as the baffle and the chamber is a bit shallow, producing a brighter sound.

But for the community band players it's pretty good!

There is also a problem with the bore which is too small. See the attachment. This reminds me of the Rico line of mouthpieces, which will play out of tune on a lot of notes or you will have dead notes that don't speak.

The black mark is where the better mouthpieces play in tune and line up well with the barrels of assorted instruments. As you can see the Morgan is pushing close to a 1/2 inch too short. This can be fixed of course as I have reamers to drill these out. But the baffle and chamber will still cause the sound to be bright. I do have tools to fix this as well, but at this stage why bother? It's 3 hours of work and you can buy a correct mouthpiece without going through all of this time and money.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

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