Klarinet Archive - Posting 000944.txt from 1998/04

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Mouthpiece Facings & Reed Strength
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 19:19:08 -0400

On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, George Kidder wrote:
> Roger Garrett wrote:
>
> >The M13 mouthpiece has the following schedule and tip opening:
> >
> >104 tip opening (1.04)
> >4
> >10
> >21
> >33

> Roger -
> I have been wondering about measurement of mouthpieces for some time. In
> your schedule for the M13, the tip opening seems clear enough (are these
> 100th's of a mm) and I BELIEVE the other 4 numbers are distances back along
> the curve to the point of insertion of certain thickness feeler gauges
> between the mouthpiece and a flat plate, but I neither know the thickness of
> these gauges nor the units of measurement (except that they can't be 100ths
> of mm or the first one would require a microscope to observe.)

George (seems weird to type to the listserv when you only live two miles
away!!) -

Yes they are feeler guages - .85 MM, .61 MM, .25 MM, and .04 MM. placed
between the mouthpiece and a piece of glass with measurement marks on
them.

I believe the measurements are 1000ths of a millimeter. That is what I
think they told me at J.J. Babbitt, where I ordered blanks the other day.
If not, someone will, undoubtedly correct me. I know Tom Ridenour knows
this information very well! Tom?

Roger Garrett
IWU

   
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