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Author: happyamateur
Date: 2003-07-29 00:12
I've a few nice mps that have already been refaced by an excellent reface artist and are still in fine condition. My question for the future is: can a mouthpiece be refaced more than once? Doesn't seem likely but I don't know.
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Author: diz
Date: 2003-07-29 00:46
try doing a search on this ... I'd be dumbfounded if it's not been dealt with here at least 4 squllion times before.
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2003-07-29 00:57
I think the person you need to direct this question to is the refacing artist who already worked on your mouthpieces.
This person should be personally aware of what further adjustments could possibly be made.
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Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2003-07-29 12:27
Sure, a 'touch up' could be done, here and there.
After awhile, you take enough off the playing surface to bring the reed closer to the 'baffle' (the slope under the cut out window) and this will make the sound more immediate.
In short, every time you take material off, you will change the relationship with all the inter-related factors that make a sound.
Unless you're playing on diamond-tipped reeds, this shouldn't need to be done often...
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Author: happyamateur
Date: 2003-07-29 23:38
Thanks to those who replied with actual informative answers. I've been looking at this bb for almost a year now and I don't ever remember reading anything about this topic, and while perhaps my keyword suggestings didn't lead me to the right threads, I've not found anthing other than one passing mention. So I must have missed the 4 squillion mentions.
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Author: jbutler ★2017
Date: 2003-07-29 23:52
Just be careful who you send it to for this procedure. I lost a great Chedeville mouthpiece by sending it back to the "famous" mouthpiece craftsman from California (formerly of New York) for a "touch up". I think he sold it to someone and claimed he lost it. HAH! sent me two new ones to take the place of the old one as if that would "smooth' things over.
jbutler
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Author: Wes
Date: 2003-07-30 02:44
When a mouthpiece is "refaced", it may only involve a small part of the facing as the rest of it may be ok. Mouthpieces may be warped from years of usage, never made with a good facing in the factory, or whatever. The refacer only fixes what is not right and the mouthpiece could possibly be "refaced" or fixed a number of times. Good luck!
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Author: BobD
Date: 2003-07-30 13:07
happy: I'm sympathetic with your search comment. You will find that sometimes readers do not interpret questions correctly. I am not an expert but am of the opinion that SynBotch's response is probably appropriate.
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2003-07-30 13:26
As noted above, mouthpieces can in fact be refaced numerous times, but the more material is removed from the facing, the more work has to be done to the baffle depth and contour and rail widths to restore the original internal dimensions and keep the rails from being too wide. After a point it's no longer worth the effort and it's better to start from scratch with a 'fresh' mouthpiece.
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