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Re: Borbeck Mouthpieces

Author: GBK
Date: 2005-08-18 04:53

I've had a number of Borbeck's from the late 70's and early 80's.

I've kept the best one, a Borbeck 16 as a nice back-up mouthpiece. It produces a ringing sound, with great response and nice color in the upper register.

Jack is quite correct - the mouthpiece is "fatter" and the beak angle is steeper than my Kaspar, but it produces a similar type of sound.

FWIW - about a year ago I ordered 3 Borbecks from WW/BW for a student who was interested in getting one.

All three were unacceptable - stuffy, poor response and little projection. In short, these mouthpieces looked and sounded nothing like the Borbeck's of the 70's and 80's...GBK

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