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Re: Asymetric facing--definition and reasoning

Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2003-03-21 23:58

As a player that makes a mediocre sound with an asym and an execrable sound with a standard facing, I still remember the fundamental reasoning...

Many of us hack amateurs naturally skew the instrument up and to the right while playing. We tend to generate sufficient torque at the mouthpiece to put (minutely) more mouthpiece in on the right than on the left. An asymetric facing makes the left side 'longer' to achieve balance.

Bottom line- I can practice longer with the asym than without.

As to improving my sound... the cat now climbs in my lap when I practice.
Presumably this is the only way it can get me to stop playing.

My wife just goes out to the garden.

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