I recently found a RIA #4 metal soprano mpce I had forgotten about, I 
bought it back in the 80's from Art-Shell in NYC. It has a baffle and 
scooped out chamber. It is a grey/silver metal. I'm not sure what 
material it is made of, steel, silver plated brass, silverite? It has 
a nice core sound, but pretty bright, and also loud, projects well. 
Does anyone have info, comments about these mpces? Although #4 seems 
pretty open, it plays ok with reeds I use on a Lamberson F maj 7 
mpce, about 3 strength.

If it feels heavy for its size, it is probably siver-plated brass.  If it
feels light, it is probably a high quality aluminum.


	
		
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it feels very heavy, but the plating is only slightly tarnished inside, can silver plating stay shiny that long?
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Keith Bradbury 
  To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 8:17 AM
  Subject: Re: [MouthpieceWork] RIA metal soprano mpce


  If it feels heavy for its size, it is probably siver-plated brass.  If it
  feels light, it is probably a high quality aluminum.


        
              
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