Gloger Wait.......is over!
Shortly after I started this thread....wouldn't you know it...a package arrived.
After play testing it for just a couple days this what I have to report:
(On a Silver 63 XXX Low Bb Mark VI Baritone)
1. A drastic improvement in intonation. I'm really surprised by how much the scale of the instrument has been evened out. It was already not bad but I had to lip up a bit in the palm keys and drop my jaw between middle F and D....no longer necessary.
2. An even "roundness" of tone. I've been working hard to develop a consistent roundness of sound from top to bottom and I really find that it comes to me immediately with the Gloger.
3. Better projection. It definitely has a larger sound that seems to respond quicker to airstream adjustments.
4. There's more "colors" in the sound to work with. I don't know how to explain it better than that. I feel the resonance of the horn clearer and hear more harmonics in the sound.
All in all I am very happy with the purchase. It's questionable whether or not the neck I had before was the original but regardless, I wasn't expecting such a dramatic difference. I really feel it's brought new life into an already great horn. Thanks Karsten and sorry about getting cranky about the wait...it was well worth it!
Shortly after I started this thread....wouldn't you know it...a package arrived.
After play testing it for just a couple days this what I have to report:
(On a Silver 63 XXX Low Bb Mark VI Baritone)
1. A drastic improvement in intonation. I'm really surprised by how much the scale of the instrument has been evened out. It was already not bad but I had to lip up a bit in the palm keys and drop my jaw between middle F and D....no longer necessary.
2. An even "roundness" of tone. I've been working hard to develop a consistent roundness of sound from top to bottom and I really find that it comes to me immediately with the Gloger.
3. Better projection. It definitely has a larger sound that seems to respond quicker to airstream adjustments.
4. There's more "colors" in the sound to work with. I don't know how to explain it better than that. I feel the resonance of the horn clearer and hear more harmonics in the sound.
All in all I am very happy with the purchase. It's questionable whether or not the neck I had before was the original but regardless, I wasn't expecting such a dramatic difference. I really feel it's brought new life into an already great horn. Thanks Karsten and sorry about getting cranky about the wait...it was well worth it!
