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Re: Eb mouthpieces

Author: Gregory Smith ★2017
Date: 2009-07-05 07:27

Rachelle (teniralc) -

They are not "blanks" in the strict sense. Zinner, as a matter of course, regularly sends out highly finished "blanks" that are in actuality a standard stock Zinner creation that indeed "plays" to varying degrees.

The degree of quality that makes them playable is at best variable and the fact that a few professional musicians play *some* of them isn't surprising.

That fact doesn't preclude or undervalue the fine Zinner-based Eb mouthpieces that are made by several mouthpiece artisans which are based on their own design. (For instance, I worked with Zinner for several years to develop my present Eb mouthpiece based on my own self-designed Zinner that I have played in the Chicago Symphony over the course of many years).

While it's relatively easy to generalize about subjects based on individual, limited observation, it's quite another to universalize one's experience for others based on their own.

Gregory Smith
http://www.gregory-smith.com

Post Edited (2009-07-05 07:31)

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