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Author: senatorlee
Date: 2010-04-19 07:17
Hello I really want to learn to make mouthpieces. What are some good resources. Are there any books, or teachers that specialize in this. in NYC.
Thanks
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Author: RoBass
Date: 2010-04-19 10:49
The only way, to learn it well is to do a an related apprenticeship... No joke, that's an art, not to be learned from youtube or "I've heard...". You should contact MPC makers and ask for theirs procedure details. I hope, they only smile about and invite you to a workshop... MPC bore and facing is a craftmanship, only to learn by many years of doing it (and ruining MPC by MPC for a good one ;-)
It's more VooDoo than knowledge, but it works.
kindly
Roman
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Author: William
Date: 2010-04-19 15:02
Then there is the story about Artie Shaw who would reportably walk into a music store, buy any mouthpiece and then work on the facing until it played right for him. But it does seem that many of today's mouthpiece experts have spent apprenticeships with the "masters" of the past--Charles Bay, with Frank Kaspar, as an example.
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2010-04-19 15:40
Yahoo groups: Mouthpiece work.
Not much there on making rod rubber, but a broad coverage of everything else.
Bob Phillips
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Author: alanporter
Date: 2010-04-19 18:09
You could do what I did. Bought a bunch of student grade and no-name mouthpieces from that auction site, and experimented with them, changing the curves and the tips, and even the bore on a couple of them Some ended up in the garbage, but two became my regular practice mouthpieces and one even good for performances.
tiaroa@shaw.ca
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2010-04-19 20:21
It's a never ending learning process. The reason for this comment is the different sound qualities players are looking for. I've been doing this since my college days from the late 70's. There are also so many new mouthpieces on the market now, you sometimes have to adjust them differently. The bore, the chamber, the player, along with other factures play a part in the actual facing.
A good start for you is to pick up a refacing kit. You can also check out Tom Ridenours site on mouthpiece refacing.
A basic facing, such as the Vandoren M13's have a tip opening of 1.03mm and the length is of the facing is 18mm's, using a feeler gauge of .0015". This will not work on all mouthpieces, but again this is a good place to start.
If some of you are confused about the 18mm measurement, 18mm's translates to 36 on the old eric brand mouthpiece glass. The glass is set up in 1/2 mm's.
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