Larger Bore, Shallower Mouthpiece
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Mary Ann
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Re: Larger Bore, Shallower Mouthpiece
What I have noticed with a more shallow cup is that I don't have to anticipate nearly as much....I get behind the beat with a funnel. And I notice a difference in timbre but not intonation.
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Re: Larger Bore, Shallower Mouthpiece
I don’t like wonky geeky posts, but here’s one anyway:Doc wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:41 pmIt’s not as bowl shaped, as deep, or as voluminous as the Symphony. I think (IIRC), the Imperial, while not a funnel a la Helleberg, it is the most funnel-ish mp in the line-up.
By the time you add a 3mm tall cylinder to the top of an Imperial cup (which does make a good mouthpiece by the way), there’s probably more volume in that cup than in a regular Sell’bgr Symphony cup...though the sonority is still going to be a bit more brilliant than with a Symphony cup.