Klarinet Archive - Posting 000519.txt from 2000/08

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpiece boring?
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 11:44:58 -0400

Not a MP maker, but I would expect that the new and old MP's would have to
have roughly the same volume in order to be in tune. Therefore, boring out
a square one to make it round would increase the volume and make it play
flat. Or am I all wet?

At 09:29 AM 08/18/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Got a question for you mouthpiece makers out there...it involves saxophone
>mouthpieces more or less, but mouthpieces in general.
>
>I prefer the classic Selmer mpcs to the new ones with the square
>chambers...it's not that they're bad, just not as good. Is it possible to
>maybe take one of these new S80 mpcs and bore out the squareness so that
>the chambers are comparable to the classic scrolled Selmer mpcs?
>
>J. Shouryu Nohe
>http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
>Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
>"Never put passion before principle. Even when win, you lose."
> -Miyagi-san, KKpt.II
>
>
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