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Re: Dan Johnston mouthpiece question

Author: Gobboboy
Date: 2013-08-07 20:25

Hi guys

Thanks for your input.
I wasn't going to bore you with the reasons why but seeing as you asked... ;-)

I have (rather embarrassingly given my question) been playing on a Dan Johnston 'W' MP for a number of years now, but don't know what the tip opening is.
I have 2 of them. One is marginally more comfortable than the other. I have always made a nice sound on it. A warm sound with a wide tone which I can manipulate well, being happy in an orchestra or in a show or in a jazz group.

I'm no expert on mouthpieces, apart from the basics. In the past I have just sat in a shop for a few hours playing on different mp's until I found a few I liked & took them away on trial to decide.
They have always been quite close pieces played with a fairly hard reed.

The reason I asked the question is that I am playing in a show in london now so play every night, 8 shies a week (2 years so far, lucky guy I know!) so a change of MP right now could prove uncomfortable. (ish)

So why change at all you ask?!
Well I happened to have had a blow on a well known Canadian MP with a tip opening of 1.12mm & it felt really great. I found it had more of a "bloom" to the tone & was even warmer than my trusty DJ 'W' I just felt I was making a much bigger sound.

...anyways

I was asking to see how much different this 1.12mm is from what I'm playing at the moment as if it was significant then I might be reluctant to make the change mid show.

It was more of a "I wonder what the difference is" than a problem as such.

Ben

Post Edited (2013-08-07 20:29)

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