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Re: Not the usual Mouthpiece Question

Author: Alseg
Date: 2008-11-29 23:37

The glass plate is the correct item, but instead of using mm's, many makers use 1/2 mms gradations.

Erik Brand used this method, and name Brand units stuck.
So a 16mm length is 32 Brand Units.

The curve is then measured by inserting wider feeler gages sequentually and recording where they abut the glass. (these are standardized, and I will not go into the sizes here).

So... Length might be, say 36 Brand Units
Curve would be listed as 36-22-12-6 as the feeler thickness is increased, and finally the tip of say 1.06mm (which is sometimes given in hundreths of an inch, just to complicate matters).

Also, disparity between rail lengths is also given (esp. in the case of models with asymetric facing, or mouthpieces that have warped.

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