| I can understand why they do the mouthpiece thing. If you're selling horns at those prices boasting the things they do they're going to want to make sure that the horns play the way they expect them to. They test their horns so that the mouthpieces match the horns perfectly(I assume). Y'know that old thing about making sure there is a match from player to mouthpiece to horn.
I imagine it could be a bit of a marketing ploy but if their horns are so sophisticated they probably wouldn't play very well with a MP that isn't as sophisticated as their horns. Stuffing a 1C in a Monette would be probably yield horrible results.
I played Taylor flugel onece and didn't like it at all. It was stuffy and bright and I had no interest it in. Then the salesperson gave me the mouthpiece that came with the horn to try. It made a world of difference! It still wasn't for me but I could believe how much better the horn played with the mouthpiece that was intended for it. |