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Hi All.
OK, so...as a refurber and reseller, I do a fair amount of vintage BigHorns...and some of the more popular models actually also have a propensity for being a little squirrelly in the intonation dept when teamed up with a modern mouthpiece (Conn 12M perhaps the most common example, but there are several others as well).
(The most typical issues which come up over again in such scenarios are: the entire horn playing sharp, despite proper keyheight regulation....or the horn playing dramatically sharp in certain registers, despite various troubleshooting techniques employed).
I have many a tester mouthpiece, and in certain instances some of my usual 'common' testers (Yama 5C, Selmer Paris for example) are rejected by the horn like a bad liver transplant*
Typically, I find a few of my large-chamber pieces which settle the issue quite nicely.
The problem is, those mouthpieces are the likes of an old Vito, France , an old Conn ebonite pickle-barrel, a vintage stock Martin, etc..
So in an instance where I sell these horns, should I be asked...I really have little to go on as far as recommending a contemporary 'piece.
So, those of you who have teamed 'touchy' vintage Baritones with newer 'pieces....suggestions ?
(I would prefer that you share your firsthand experiences in this instance, por favor ....as opposed to speculating which ones 'might' work)
*(that was stolen from Grumps, btw).
OK, so...as a refurber and reseller, I do a fair amount of vintage BigHorns...and some of the more popular models actually also have a propensity for being a little squirrelly in the intonation dept when teamed up with a modern mouthpiece (Conn 12M perhaps the most common example, but there are several others as well).
(The most typical issues which come up over again in such scenarios are: the entire horn playing sharp, despite proper keyheight regulation....or the horn playing dramatically sharp in certain registers, despite various troubleshooting techniques employed).
I have many a tester mouthpiece, and in certain instances some of my usual 'common' testers (Yama 5C, Selmer Paris for example) are rejected by the horn like a bad liver transplant*
Typically, I find a few of my large-chamber pieces which settle the issue quite nicely.
The problem is, those mouthpieces are the likes of an old Vito, France , an old Conn ebonite pickle-barrel, a vintage stock Martin, etc..
So in an instance where I sell these horns, should I be asked...I really have little to go on as far as recommending a contemporary 'piece.
So, those of you who have teamed 'touchy' vintage Baritones with newer 'pieces....suggestions ?
(I would prefer that you share your firsthand experiences in this instance, por favor ....as opposed to speculating which ones 'might' work)
*(that was stolen from Grumps, btw).