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Hi Interested to see the comments on good intonation with a Bflat mouthpiece on a C Soprano. I have a Conn C Soprano, about 1927 and I also have an Aquilasax C mouthpiece which plays well in tune. I do find however that it is extremely harsh so I use a metal Bflat Runyon Quantam instead. It is a mu...

Ross Many thanks for the attached and I appreciate the suggestion of the Aquilasax neck. Did the Aquilasax neck fit without any adjustments? Interesting that you also cannot use the Metalpro 7 properly with the microtuner. I dont think Steve at Aquilasax should be advertising them as being designe...

Hello Hello Thanks for the response. I confirm that the Metalpro still plays sharp when pushed down to engage the microtuner and with the microtuner fully open. Using a Korg tuner it reads as 20% sharp in this position. I can get it in tune if I put higher up the cork but it is a very loose fit and...

I am new to this forum but have recently purchased and started playing both a C melody and a C Soprano. The C Mel is a Conn with a microtuner neck which works fine and pretty well in tune with the vintage mouthpiece which came with it; that is once I can adjust my embouchure enough to get it to blow...