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Author: junkdudemusic
Date: 2016-04-27 18:50
We are going through a lot of Ralph Morgan's old notes and articles and will be posting results of his research and development from time to time on the Morgan Mouthpieces website blog.
For those having trouble sleeping this evening, we posted some information from Ralph's notes and articles about the shape of the beak of the mouthpiece.
http://www.morganmouthpieces.com/blogs/news/158795399-so-heres-the-scoop-saxophone-and-clarinet-mouthpiece-design
Enjoy!
www.morganmouthpieces.com
JunkDude Music
www.junkdude.com
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Author: sonicbang
Date: 2016-04-29 12:27
Great stuff! I admire those who are/were up to the task of researching what is believed to be already good. Waiting for the next post.
Mark
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Author: Mojo
Date: 2016-04-29 17:34
Just beware that not everything Ralph reports can be confirmed. I have thinned beaks and never had an unplayable mouthpiece once the facing is made right.
MojoMP.com
Mojo Mouthpiece Work LLC
MojoMouthpieceWork@yahoo.com
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2016-04-29 18:25
For about 2 years, I played a Morgan duckbill mouthpiece made by the great man himself. It played very easily and sounded good to me. Then I heard myself on tape playing in a quintet and didn't like my sound at all. It was dull and lacked resonance. When I went back to the standard shape (Opperman), I sounded much better.
To me, the standard design opens my mouth wider, which sounds better, to me and on tape.
YMMV. It's important to record yourself when trying out a mouthpiece -- up close and as far away as you can get in the room. Your own bone conduction distorts the sound that others hear.
IMHO, Mogan's speculations on wall thickness are no more than that and don't match my experience.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Ed
Date: 2016-04-29 20:18
It is certainly interesting how these things can happen. Over at the Sax Forum there is currently a discussion that is now close to 30 pages on the benefits (or lack of) of using a heavy mass screw in the lyre holder to change the resonance of the sax.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2016-05-02 00:50
I've played his mouthpiece since the early 90s, I love it. I found it at Weiners way back then. They said it's been in the draw for some time and I love it. When I called him to know more about the facing, it says 28 but didn't play nearly so opened, he explained that it was one of the first one's he ever made and did not have a accurate measuring tool at the time. He also explained that he used a different blank in his first year and did some different things with the bore, rails and baffle. He said it probably will play more like a 16-`18 but I found it was closer to his 6 and 12 facings at the time. In any case, it's pretty much a one of a kind as he explaind. He tried making me a second so I had a spare. It was close but not the same. I've been using it for well over 25 years now and hope I never break it though I am retired now so it won't be as critical.
ESP eddiesclarinet.com
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