King Super 20 Master Cornet MP

[mimic]

I found a music shop consignment King Super 20 Master Cornet that was a closet queen for 350 dollars. I snapped it up and have been playing it quite a bit. I quickly noticed that all of my cornet mp's bottom out or very nearly bottom out in the receiver. I wonder if this is normal for this model? It is a late 1950's model. Placing a piece of paper around the shank seemed to help some with slotting.

[Richard III]

Look down the list in cornet topics and you will see a discussion about this.
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Richard

King 1130 Flugabone
King 12C mouthpiece

[iiipopes]

My post from a thread down the page from here:

Yes. I had my uncle's cornet for decades until my cousin (his granddaughter) wanted it, and I shipped it out. Yes, H. N. White had their own mouthpiece shank taper until at least the mid to late '50's. Yes, only the proprietary mouthpieces fit without wobble. I was able to get an M2 (similar to between a 1 1/2 C and a 3C) and an MC (deeper funnel cup) off Ebay some years ago inexpensively. They are quite expensive now.

The only other options are 1) have your favorite mouthpiece model sleeved and re-machined to the proprietary taper, or 2) install a modern receiver with the now-standard Bach taper.
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King Super 20 Trumpet; Sov 921 Cornet
Bach cornet modded to be a 181L clone
Couesnon Flugelhorn and C trumpet

[mimic]

Thanks. I saw your thread shortly after I posted. Really good information. I think I'll send out a mouthpiece to Reeves for cutting and sleeves.

[jon_norstog]

Try Mark Curry. I bet he already knows the taper to use and can get you a 'piece made up tout suite.

jn
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[Dennis78]

What MP are you using? I can't see a short shank bottoming out from
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a few different ones

[mimic]

I mostly use a GR 66 #3

[Dennis78]

Not familiar with the GR's. Is it a short shank or more like the longer Bach shank?
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a few different ones

[Richard III]