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Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's

Author: Bob Bernardo  Date:   2018-02-26 06:57 Thanks! I have to add to just use one coat of polish at a time, mainly towards the center of the MP baffle. (mouthpiece) Then see what happens. Play on it for a bit. a week a few days in an orchestra a band and make an adjustment as needed. Add another coat or trim some off. The cool part is you really can't screw up an already screwed up mouthpiece. Too much nail polish? \take it out with nail polish remover! Feel free in emailing me folks with questions. I may be slow to respond so email me again. This is a busy season for me. Another thing that sucks with a lot of mouthpieces, not just the Zinners are the rails being too wide. Using a very fine nail file you can carefully from the outside file the rails thinner. Do this slowly use glasses so you can see well. Then make the rails look like about the same as a Vandoren or some other the other mouthpieces. This will surely help the reed vibrate and project. I forgot to add this about the rails being too wide. It's pretty important. Don't be afraid to do this. It's not hard. If you have an old mouthpiece try it on that first. Just to get the feel. Remember the mouthpiece already sucks! You can't hurt it. It can only get better. After you take off a little play it. I bet you will freak out and say "WOW!!!" Or "Holy Sh*t!" Remember that the Kaspar mouthpieces had very thin rails. Some dumb mouthpiece company decided that if you make the rails wide they sound dark. Well dark is dead as we now know. You now can fix a $500 to a $2000 mouthpiece in just a few minutes. It's that easy. Cheers! Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces Yamaha Artist 2015 Post Edited (2018-02-26 07:18)

Topics	Author	Date
Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Bernardo	2018-02-26 05:34
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	alanporter	2018-02-26 05:48
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Bernardo	2018-02-26 06:57
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Dan Shusta	2018-02-26 07:36
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Bernardo	2018-02-26 08:35
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Bernardo	2018-02-26 08:41
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Dan Shusta	2018-02-26 09:45
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Bernardo	2018-02-26 10:47
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Wes	2018-02-26 11:02
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Bernardo	2018-02-26 11:19
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Burt	2018-02-26 17:48
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	MichaelW	2018-02-26 22:39
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Bernardo	2018-02-26 23:10
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Wes	2018-02-26 23:32
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Dan Shusta	2018-02-26 23:46
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	NBeaty	2018-02-27 00:21
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Bernardo	2018-02-27 00:35
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Bernardo	2018-02-27 01:15
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	bsnake1956	2018-02-27 02:25
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Dan Shusta	2018-02-27 03:25
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	donald	2018-02-27 05:05
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Bernardo	2018-02-27 07:08
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Ken Lagace	2018-03-03 04:11
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	NBeaty	2018-02-27 07:36
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	donald	2018-02-27 13:27
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Mojo	2018-02-27 18:34
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	J. J.	2018-02-27 20:24
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Bernardo	2018-02-27 23:05
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	ClarinetRobt	2018-02-27 23:22
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	J. J.	2018-02-27 23:28
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	NBeaty	2018-02-28 00:18
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Barnhart	2018-02-28 00:30
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Brad Behn	2018-02-28 01:20
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Bernardo	2018-02-28 04:29
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Brad Behn	2018-02-28 21:22
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Bob Bernardo	2018-02-28 07:07
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	sax panther	2018-02-28 15:23
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Mojo	2018-02-28 17:58
Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's  new	Ed	2018-03-03 05:08