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Re: Finding the right Mouthpiece for my reeds

Author: Notes II
Date: 2013-02-10 00:34

Very interesting subject here and one that I am so curious about as well,
I am using a slightly modified Richard Hawkins S, However, Vandoren does not make mistakes nor do they make defect mouthpieces
I've known many musicians Sax as well as Clarinet players that use them even today.
not everyone needs to be picky enough to have them custom made for themselves, I made that mistake and now look where it's gotten me I have a weakness about being over sensitive to mouthpieces!
But when it was first introduce to me that longer rails were a way of changing angles on the chops and I was curious about these compared to the standard angle mouthpiece.

So I set off on this path to try these longer profile mouthpieces called the 88.
I went through three of these 5VR, B45 and M13. I could only use these because these were the ones that I had in the normal size or should I say standard size?

Of course I am no professional on mouthpieces so after a few weeks of strugling with it I decided to bring to the attention of a grouchy old craftsman who was known to fool around Sax and Clarinet mouthpieces and after a week with him this is what I got out of it.

Mouthpieces should A always be in tune! a good mouthpiece will stay in tune. B one must know the sweet spot in their mouthpiece.

Now you can change your flexibility of your reed buy the different types of reeds and ligatures you use and a different angle like the 88 changes your sweet spot on your chops, so if you like stick that mouthpiece in your mouth a little further, you'll learn to read it better.
Your chops will have to reset themselves all over again.

Well, I personally and still lost however still interested in this and for the tune of four hundred bucks this experiment is not yet over.

I still find myself looking out of the corner of my eyes at them every time someone makes a comment about the longer profile mouthpieces.

So if you guys figure this thing out please let me know ......................

Post Edited (2013-02-10 00:39)

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