Klarinet Archive - Posting 000449.txt from 1995/06

From: Gene Keyes <gkeyes@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: mouthpieces
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 15:00:37 -0400

>Hi all!
>
>A couple of questions...
>
>I'm in the market for a backup mouthpiece (or a performance mouthpiece if it's
>better than mine, for that matter!) and I've heard a lot on this newsgroup
>about Pyne mouthpieces. I posted a letter last week on my problems with
getting
>a Bay from Charlie himself, and many of you mailed back that you played on a
>Pyne after trying the Bay for some time. I've decided to try this Pyne and see
>what I've been missing. So, are there different facings and names associated
>with them for the Pyne? What is the standard? I'm playing on a fairly open
>tipped mouthpiece right now (a Madsen refaced HS*). Closed tipped mouthpieces
>don't seem to work for me. Any suggestions, answers, solutions... would be
>greatly appreciated!
>
>Now for the second question: I'm about to join a jazz ensemble at a local
>church, and I'm not about to go play on my C*, which is the only mouthpiece I
>have. A friend suggested a Meyer 5MM. I don't know anything about sax jazz
>mouthpieces (especially on alto, which is what I'll be playing). I played lead
>tenor several years ago at SMU on an otto link, but I've heard not to use one
>on alto. Any sax guys out there? Help!
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>-chad smith
>csmith@-----.com
>
>Ralph Morgan has a line of Sax mouthpieces that work very well.
I've had goo luck with the 5M but he has several different models and
bores...try them....you might like them..........gk