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the air column

Author: Ken Mills
Date: 2006-06-16 22:09

Dear People Outdoors; I am mainly concerned about the clarion register but don't know anything about acoustics. But I know how the air column responds in various equipment. I want the long-pipe notes to sound big and fat, strong, and be responsive. And the upper left hand notes are not to sound thin but liquid and full. So I have the Pete Fountain 15mm bore in my obsolete Vito V40 with a barrel that is slightly conical to get bigger as it goes down to the upper joint. And I am using the Selmer CP100 mouthpiece with the deep baffle and big throat with the gradual tip opening of 1.22mm, it uses a soft Vandoren strength 2 reed which is really responsive for rapid tonguing with such a gentle mpc facing. So lots of air goes through the large bore horn with that baffle, throat, and reed on the mpc. I mean, a lot! Nobody can stand up to me outdoors unless they play the trumpet. Let us have a contest on just this feature. Ok? or just tonguing then. In jazz it is good to be able to hit notes hard like a sax and to fly over every body else in the band with dark high notes over the bright sounding instruments accompanying.

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