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Re: Air Leak

Author: pewd
Date: 2006-08-21 16:31

try your new horn with your regular mouthpiece.

the mouthpieces shipped with new instruments are , as a general rule, acceptable as paperweights and not much more.

a new mouthpiece and your comment about playing a 3.5 reed for 2 years makes no sense - you have to match reed strength to the mouthpiece. switching mouthpieces might result in staying on 3.5's, moving up to 4's, or moving down to 3.0's or softer. there is a lot of variance in mouthpieces.

put a different way, since you switched mouthpieces, you also have to try out different reeds to find a brand and strength that works on the new mouthpiece. what you played on the old mouthpiece is only a starting point - you may or may not keep the same type of reed on a new mpc.

- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas

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