Klarinet Archive - Posting 000781.txt from 1997/05

From: Gary Hopkins <ghopkins@-----.net>
Subj: Re: MPC facing question
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 01:13:14 -0400

Frank, if the mouthpiece plays fine for you as it is leave it alone. I have
been refacing mouthpieces for 15 years. "Dressing" the tip of a mouthpiece
to get rid of slight nicks or other imperfections MAY change the way it
responds. It doesn't always, but I don't think I would take the chance.

Gary

At 10:22 AM 5/28/97 +0000, you wrote:
>I've been wondering if I should consider a re-facing job on my rather
>old mouthpiece, and wondered if others with experience with this might
>comment. I play on a Wells B2 that probably dates from the mid 60's. For
>me it is the best mouthpiece I've ever played on. I'm not experiencing
>problems that I would relate to the mouthpiece, at least as far as I can
>tell. Looking at the facing at the tip I see quite a few imperfections,
>tiny chips and irregularities. Does anyone have an opinion if these
>imperfections cause certain characteristic problems? Would a refacing be
>a good idea? I'm certainly leery of doing anything to this mouthpiece
>since I think it plays so well. If a refacing might be a good idea,
>then who? I believe Wells himself (from Chicago) is long gone. TIA.
>
>David Frank, Seattle
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