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 Re: The balance of mouthpieces
Author: Bob Bernardo 
Date:   2018-02-23 22:08

One thing I find VERY interesting is players that ask me to put a 1.01 tip on my mouthpieces because that's what's on their Zinner's.

Here is a major problem. The baffle behind the tip on most Zinner's drops off fast so you can get away with a tip opening of a 1.01 and it is actually equal to about maybe a 1.04 on my mouthpieces. So if I put a 1.01 facing on, the airflow doesn't pass through. You get back pressure. So I always put on a 1.03 to a 1.05. Then they have these measuring tools and say the mouthpiece is too open! So I will send them a 1.01 and they hate it. It takes time to get the feel of a totally different mouthpiece. 2 to 3 weeks.

We have to remember there is that very close relationship between the baffle and the tip opening. Then comes the length of the facing.

Another example are the Kaspar mouthpieces. A 1.01 Ann Arbor Kaspar surely won't sound very good next to a 1.01 Chedeville. The baffle on the Ann Arbor's are very shallow. 1.07 plays great. A 1.01 Ched from the 1940's is a dream mouthpiece. The baffle of the 1940 Ched is deeper. A Cicero Kaspar is often a Chedeville. But not always.

So refacers really have to know what they are doing as so many mouthpieces, great mouthpieces have been wrecked. A real shame. A special school should be set up and a certificate given out to those that pass a mouthpiece class. There are guys charging $400 to reface a mouthpiece and the rails aren't even.
I usually do this for free!


Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces


Yamaha Artist 2015




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