Dale…I have a 1950 44xxx SBA alto that I have had for 20 years. I want to get a piece as close as I can to what was issued with it. Is that an Airflow or Soloist? What do you think?
In truth, I have trouble with ANY soloist with projection when compared with a large chamber and/or higher baffle mouthpiece. I will say the sound is more complex and I feel a lot more connection with the blow-through experience
Thank you for responding to my question! I have a later Soloist that I had opened up to an E (.078) and it's a nice player. It projects well, not like a Meyer/Link, but nice sound. I seen one, larger chamber, on reverb and I was curious if it was more free blowing than the later models. It sounds like it is? Thanks again!!
@@pbnj4lyfe298 I very much so feel it is more free-blowing! SO much moreso, in fact, that I used to have an original E with the later chamber (that was faced to the same tip, but with a better curve, for me) but it STILL felt tight compared to this one...which was a C, if I believe, if not C*. Now, one thing to consider in all of this is I'm a clarinet player, so I know how to deal with smaller tips (although my main tenor piece is a 7*, same with bari and on alto my two mains are .073 and .079...so, even though I can make smaller tips work, I still have an ideal for me that is similar to many others). Yes, I almost couldn't get any focus out of this one! I really should have had someone open it up, it would have been similar to, say, a Gregory, or an earlier Meyer Bros (in ways). I definitely think that reverb one sounds like a good investment! Have you ever tried any of the airflow pieces? Pre-short shank? I would say it's a cross between one of those and a long shank...which is what a lot of people describe a horseshoe Short shank to be, so take that with a grain of salt!
I've played on a large chamber "Airflow" and it was a nice mp, but It really didn't jive with me, I should've had it opened up. I really wanted to try the smaller chamber one. Might of been a cice combo. Definitely something to consider, since I already have a later model Soloist, and it's a D tip opening.. so maybe I won't need to send it to be refaced. Anyway, Thanks again I totally appreciate your feedback!!
@@pbnj4lyfe298 The only Airflow I've had any mileage on is the tight, Larry Teal-style chamber. Apparently that's what Don Sinta played for a while. Definitely kind of a Desmond thing in the smaller tips. That's the Airflow I was comparing to, so I apologize you don't have that data point. The large chamber airflows are...well I just fall through them. I don't have any core to the sound. Sorry to write so much! Good luck with the quest!
