So what I found out from doing some of my own measurements and was confirmed by Shires is that the Shires large shank receiver was designed to fit Schilke/Shires/Bowman mouthpieces (as you might expect since they are an American company). I found that any Wick/Alliance/K&G type mouthpiece goes in too far and has been the root of a lot of the issues I've personally been having. The horn itself is really phenomenal, and when I plug in my old BB1 or Schilke 51D that I never play anymore into it, the horn plays extremely, extremely well!
Option 1 is the excerpt played with the gap corrected using plumber's tape for my SM4U. To my ears (and feel) option 1 slots better and is more in tune, but I think the tape (and I had to use A LOT of it to correct the gap) negatively affects the resonance/sound.
Option 2 is no tape (so a negative gap with the SM4U), and to my ears (and feel) the slotting is inconsistent as is the intonation and response. But the sound is certainly more resonant and full as most people have noticed.
I've been in contact with Shires and their team (who have been really amazing with taking my personal feedback and helping to get the horn working for me). In the video that Fujiifilm posted back on page 1(https://fb.watch/63wWo8gha3/) James talked about the custom line having a modular receiver at about 53 minutes in. James told me any Q series instrument can be easily retrofitted with this receiver, so I'm going to have that done on my Q40 so that any Wick mouthpiece I use will work with the horn. Once those parts come in and I get the work done I think this instrument will be really great. I am also getting the trigger added on the horn as well (just my personal preference, but the horn can be played well without one).
Option 1 is the excerpt played with the gap corrected using plumber's tape for my SM4U. To my ears (and feel) option 1 slots better and is more in tune, but I think the tape (and I had to use A LOT of it to correct the gap) negatively affects the resonance/sound.
Option 2 is no tape (so a negative gap with the SM4U), and to my ears (and feel) the slotting is inconsistent as is the intonation and response. But the sound is certainly more resonant and full as most people have noticed.
I've been in contact with Shires and their team (who have been really amazing with taking my personal feedback and helping to get the horn working for me). In the video that Fujiifilm posted back on page 1(https://fb.watch/63wWo8gha3/) James talked about the custom line having a modular receiver at about 53 minutes in. James told me any Q series instrument can be easily retrofitted with this receiver, so I'm going to have that done on my Q40 so that any Wick mouthpiece I use will work with the horn. Once those parts come in and I get the work done I think this instrument will be really great. I am also getting the trigger added on the horn as well (just my personal preference, but the horn can be played well without one).
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