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Hello,

What is the original mouthpiece that came with the king 4b (sonorus/silversonic in '90)?

Thanks

Those came with either a Benge 5g or 6 1/2. The earlier 4b’s (pre-1980’s) came with a King 29.

My mid-70's 4BF came with a King (Equatrue?) 29. It matches with the instrument extremely well, but has an uncomfortably narrow rim shape. I generally use a Bach 5gs.

thanks for answering, just only for know which was the original mouthpiece, not for play with him, but thanks a lot!!

My 1978 King 4B came with a Benge 6.5AL.

Interesting. I think my mid-70's 6B Duo Gravis also arrived standard with an Equatrue 29 from King.

My 72 4B came with a 29. Matched very well. Since I was in college studying finance, I did not have time to perfect my high range with it. Since it also came with an adaptor, I kept it and my small bore 12C from my Getzen Tenor for marching band, handy, for quick change when the 1st part had a lot of high notes in it. It worked surprisingly well in the middle and high range....though rather sucky on the low notes.

heldenbone wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 9:24 pm Interesting. I think my mid-70's 6B Duo Gravis also arrived standard with an Equatrue 29 from King.

Yes, the 29 also came with the DG. King didn’t make a bass trombone mouthpiece in those days, so I guess they just threw in the biggest one they had.

And yet, the DG was designed around Alan Raph and the 1-1/2G he was comfortable playing...