Quote from: Slidennis on Jan 30, 2008, 06:41AMYes, the Stork... I was thinking about that one too, and also heard the "S" throat/backbore was HUGE...
I beleive yours is of the standard (heavy) blank... How would you compare it to something else you tried in that range, other than being able to move more air and getting an open low register?
Well, it is the heavy blank. That's probably the biggest reason I started using the Storks was because I have an older Yamaha 613 (not H) that is pretty light. The heavy mouthpiece tames the horn down a lot.
I don't have a lot to compare it to, unfortunately. My bass mouthpiece history is: Schilke 58 for about 4 years, Schilke 59 for about 10 years (though I didn't play bass for about 3 or 4 years in there), Stork
1.25 for about a year, and now the
1.5S.
In that size range, I've tried a good Bach
1.5G (not Mt Vernon, though), and a Griego, I think it was
1.25 or so.
The
1.5S backbore is pretty open, compared to the standard
1.5 (incidentally the reason I started using the
1.5S was that I was borrowing it from a friend, to try, and he was using his
1.5). But I would say that the
1.5S feels similar to the Stork
1.25, in terms of backbore (though I've no idea how they actually compare, size-wise). My impression of the
1.5S, which I've been playing for about 9 months: It has that classic trombone sound that Chris and Tom Matta are talking about. And for me the high register is unbelievably good, to the point that I can go between bass lines and high unisons comfortably and still sound authentic. The low register is more work, but worth it. It forces me to approach the low register in such a way that it has made me a better player; I've had to use a more controlled, small embouchure approach (like what Chris was talking about). I think the S backbore helps temper the tighter low register a little, as it allows me to use an airstream that I'm used to.
Now whether the heavy blank would work well on other horns, is a different story. When I started looking for something beyond the Schilke 59, it was specifically to find something to tame down the horn. In that respect the Storks have been the perfect match. I chose the
1.25 initially because it was close to what I was used to. I moved to the
1.5S for reasons that others have elaborated throughout this thread.
I have played a Bach 
and it forces me to close my embouchure more than id like