Steve Neff Music Blog » Morgan ML http://www.neffmusic.com/blog website of Steve Neff Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:49:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Morgan ML 8* Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/2010/02/morgan-ml-8-tenor-mouthpiece/ http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/2010/02/morgan-ml-8-tenor-mouthpiece/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:42:18 +0000 steve http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/?p=1044 Read More...]]> This a Morgan ML tenor mouthpiece.  I received this from a friend of mine who loves it.  These use to be made by Ralph Morgan but now are made by Brian Powell and Eric Greiffenhagen.   They both used to work with Ralph Morgan.   These two guys have done a great job at keeping the standards high.  They are both artists and have learned from the best (Ralph Morgan).  The tip opening of this mouthpiece is an 8* which is a .105 I believe.  It has a big sound and the mouthpiece feels like it is vibrating when I play it.    It plays on the darker side but is so free blowing that the air just passes through it effortlessly.

I wish I could spend more time with this piece.  It is very easy to play.  It has a huge sound but is so easy to play that you don’t even have to think about it. If I blow more the sound gets a bit brighter.  I could almost see doing a R&B gig on this piece.   Let me know what you think. Steve

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