Author: redwine
Date: 2008-12-03 15:16
Hello,
That's the tip rail and the thickness of that rail most directly affects resistance and ease of articulation. Thicker=more resistance, "darker sound", and harder articulation, thinner=less resistance, "brighter sound", and easier articulation. All generalizations, of course, which have not taken into account any of the other variables.
By the way, when you put the masking tape under the reed, you, in essence, changed the facing of your mouthpiece. If the tape is only under the extreme butt of the reed, then you closed the facing a bit and if you run the tape all the way up to the window, then you've opened it the thickness of the tape.
Ben Redwine, DMA
owner, RJ Music Group
Assistant Professor, The Catholic University of America
Selmer Paris artist
www.rjmusicgroup.com
www.redwinejazz.com
www.reedwizard.com
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