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Re: Saving DEAD sounds of Zinner's

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2018-02-26 10:47

Hi Dan, I've seen this done and it's wrong. It still widens the rails in the wrong direction; with too much with the sides of the reeds vibrating and not enough of the center. Again, this is an EXCELLENT question. In the 1970's I did it this way when I first started messing with mouthpieces and soon realized how critical the inside of the MP rail distance is.

The ONLY time I ever mess with the inside rails are is if there is a ding or a nick. I then smooth it out and use a very hard epoxy to refill the area, then adjust it accordingly. This can take several hours to do, so I won't do it unless it is a great mouthpiece. Maybe a total of 6 to 10 hours to get it perfect. So needless to say I don't like repairing mouthpieces.

The 45 degree angle is just fine, actually perfect, but use it on the outside of the mouthpiece. Don't worry about the file marks. You can have your repairman buff them out if it bothers you, but frankly I don't care. I'm after a great playing mouthpiece.

I just want the average person to be able to fix their Zinner mouthpiece for pennies.

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

Yamaha Artist 2015

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2018-02-27 03:25

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2018-02-27 13:27

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2018-02-27 18:34

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2018-02-27 20:24

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2018-02-27 23:22

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2018-02-27 23:28

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2018-02-28 00:18

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2018-02-28 01:20

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2018-02-28 04:29

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2018-02-28 21:22

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2018-02-28 07:07

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