Don't knock the 6D. Put on a smaller leadpipe and play it with a large, bowl
shaped mouthpiece (e.g., Schilke 31B). The 6D was designed by James
Stagliano, and used in the Boston Symphony. Matches well with old Kruspe and
Alexander. Elkhart 6Ds are a steal. The standard 6D leadpipe just seems too large to
ever have been used by Stagliano, with his 18 millimeter mouthpiece. I
suspect Conn switched to it in production because so many 6Ds were sold to
youngsters probably using small mouthpieces. My theory, anyway.
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