Re: Mouthpieces with Chu soprano
yeah, I found that stiff reeds are much more playable on soprano than other horns-- and really bring out the low register, but the evenness of the registers becomes a SERIOUS struggle. I play a 160xxx Conn soprano. at first I used a Selmer metal F (close to a link 6) and a Rico Jazz SElect 4M or 4H. the low register was beautiful, but above middle D, it was a struggle to say the least. Now I've loosened my embouchure and switched to an medium-large chambered Buescher mouthpiece (a later Babbit blank, but marked buescher), with a .050-.055 opening (so like a link 5 or 5*), and gone down to Vandoren Java 3 or Trad 2.5. I am finding this setup to be much truer to the voice of the instrument. those horns were designed to be played with larger-chambered pieces.
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