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Re: MP measurements

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2018-05-19 19:21

Mojo wrote:

> Odd looking curves to me when graphed. What tip openings go
> with them?
>

This seems as good a time as any to bring up a question that keeps nagging at me. I've reached a point where I have no really clear idea, when I read an "official" tip measurement (to use Fergi's term), what it really means except in general terms. If a maker or refacer says model A has tip 1.03mm and model B has tip 1.07mm, I know that B is more open than A. But if I use one of my own gauges (I have three different ones), I may well get 1.05mm and 1.08mm or 1.01 and 1.06. The comparison is the same, but not the actual numbers.

Obviously, different gauges don't produce the same results. It isn't my technique that's at fault - I get the same readings with repeated measurements of the same mouthpiece using the same gauge. What do the mouthpiece experts here use as tip gauges? Is there one on the market that's considered more accurate than others?

Karl

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