Conn 1 1/2g

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Savio
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Conn 1 1/2g

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Anyone have experience with this one? Found one in my drawer but never actually tried it. Sold nearly all my mouthpieces but this one is still there. Tried it and its not bad. A little bigger than my Bach Mt vernon 1 1/2g . Not so easy in high register for me. But my high register is not good no matter what. If anyone want it PM me. It has a good sound, and feels easy to play. Especially low register. Wonder if it was inspired by the George Roberts mouthpieces?

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Re: Conn 1 1/2g

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I had one way back. Good piece, a bit larger than normal 1 1/2G. Got mine from Joe Stanko and used it on my Minick 180 for a while.
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Re: Conn 1 1/2g

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Yes, it's good. Rim is a little bit thin but thats ok for me. I dont think they make it anymore so I keep it in the box. Maybe try it out some more.
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Re: Conn 1 1/2g

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One of my former colleagues here played that piece for a while. He took some lessons with Jeff Reynolds in LA, and he ended up switching to that based on Jeff's suggestion.

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Re: Conn 1 1/2g

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Jeff Reynolds put me on that my first semester of college. After a year I went to something else.

To answer your question, no it's not based on George Roberts' mouthpiece(s). George stuck with essentially a Bach 1 1/2G most of his career, owned many of them. When other manufacturers wanted to make a "George Roberts" model mouthpiece they would copy a Bach. The Conn 1 1/2G is kind of an odd setup, dimension-wise, but there might be someone out there who wants one for nostalgia sake.
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I play the Bach Mt Vernon, but this Conn 1 1/2g is not bad. Since I sold nearly all my mouthpieces I think I keep this one. Conn doesn't make any mouthpieces anymore.

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