Another Conn 88H Leadpipe Question
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 8:09 am
Does anyone know whether or not the Conn R leadpipe will fit and work properly with the new SL2547 slide. I recently purchased an SL2547 that was supplied with H, T, and X leadpipes. I had erroneously assumed, this being an 88H after all, that the X leadpipe would fit an old Remington mouthpiece, one with a Brown and Sharpe taper. It does not. The X leadpipe appears to be designed for modern, large-shank mouthpieces that use a Morse taper.
I have a small-shank Remington mouthpiece that I use on the rare occasions that I play my old Conn 6H. The problem is, every time I switch to the small-shank mouthpiece, it feels extremely tight and stuffy to me. Worse, I lose a significant amount of range, a fourth to a fifth. I'm encountering the same problem with the small-shank mouthpiece and the SL2547 slide, and it does not seem to be improving as I continue working with the new slide. If I use the X leadpipe with my old Remington mouthpiece, the range is magically back! Of course, the sound is complete crap because the mouthpiece does not seat properly in the leadpipe and it does not seal. If the R leadpipe fits the slide, THAT should not be a problem, right?
Seems I have three choices:
1) Switch to the R leadpipe, if it indeed fits the SL2547.
2) Switch to a large shank mouthpiece comparable to the old Remington mouthpiece, but with a Morse taper (a 5G, maybe? I'm not an experienced mouthpiece person, so recommendations on this option are definitely welcome).
3) Continue suffering with the small-shank Remington mouthpiece, hoping that time will resolve all the problems.
Thoughts and recommendations are definitely welcome!
Thanks.
I have a small-shank Remington mouthpiece that I use on the rare occasions that I play my old Conn 6H. The problem is, every time I switch to the small-shank mouthpiece, it feels extremely tight and stuffy to me. Worse, I lose a significant amount of range, a fourth to a fifth. I'm encountering the same problem with the small-shank mouthpiece and the SL2547 slide, and it does not seem to be improving as I continue working with the new slide. If I use the X leadpipe with my old Remington mouthpiece, the range is magically back! Of course, the sound is complete crap because the mouthpiece does not seat properly in the leadpipe and it does not seal. If the R leadpipe fits the slide, THAT should not be a problem, right?
Seems I have three choices:
1) Switch to the R leadpipe, if it indeed fits the SL2547.
2) Switch to a large shank mouthpiece comparable to the old Remington mouthpiece, but with a Morse taper (a 5G, maybe? I'm not an experienced mouthpiece person, so recommendations on this option are definitely welcome).
3) Continue suffering with the small-shank Remington mouthpiece, hoping that time will resolve all the problems.
Thoughts and recommendations are definitely welcome!
Thanks.