Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2024-04-01 13:44
My best advice would be to try to get your hands on all three and then compare for yourself - since every player is different (anatomy, embouchure, etc), our tastes differ, our horns are different, reed choices differ, etc.
That said, I could still add the following - since I have the M30D and B40D and also have play-tested the BD5D a few times.
The only one of these I actually played on for a while (but years ago), was the B40D - then preferring its sound over the M30D.
In 2020 I had a Schwenk & Seggelke model 3000 (German bore) A-clarinet for trial, provided with among other mouthpieces the M30D and BD5D (both tweaked for tuning at S&S). Compared to my own mouthpiece choice at the time, a Leitner & Kraus SZ (in their Zelltec material), the SZ sounded better than the BD5D on every single note of the chromatic scale. The M30D compared better, though not with any note sounding better, but with half of the notes (18 out of 36, low E to altissimo D#) of equal quality (my SZ is with German bore, but it's available also as a Boehm variant - tip opening 1.15mm, facing curve 25mm).
However, since 2021 I've moved on from the SZ to a Maxton Alban, and just lately further on to a Maxton Clara (both with Viennese facings) - both with a sound a lot more in my taste than I got from the SZ (still the SZ sounded better than all its "predecessors" I've played on, among them the Playnick Brahms which I had settled on before the SZ).
But, I would once again stress the importance of trying out by yourself.
Post Edited (2024-04-01 14:18)
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