Author: Plonk
Date: 2019-07-13 23:53
Well it's been about 5 months since I started this thread and I *think* I've finally found a mouthpiece I like - the 5RV.
Something about this quest really confuses me though....
Firstly, my old mp was a B45, but on trying two other new B45s I found them to be completely different (as in, all different from each other). The first just sounded nasty. The second sounded nice but was fatiguing. I stuck it out for about 2 weeks but eventually sold it and bought a Vocalise G.
(The Vocalise G was beautiful to play and not fatiguing but had no volume to it. At mp it was the sweetest sound I've ever made, but I just could not blow a FF into it at all and a forte sounded too harsh. So after a few weeks on that, it was put back in its funny tube and will be sold on later!)
I compared my old B45 mp carefully with the new ones and noticed that the rail tip on mine was extremely thin, and worn unevenly as well. I'm not surprised, given its age, but wouldn't such wear make the mouthpiece MORE open? On playing the new B45s I began to realise that they were just too hard blowing for me, and decided to try the 5RV on the basis that it is more closed, and yes, that seems to work. So my old B45 must be playing like a more closed mp. How can this be so?
So my two questions in a nutshell are:
1) How can a worn mouthpiece play like a more closed one when it looks more open?
2) How can two new B45s sound/play completely differently?
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