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Re: MP measurements

Author: Ken Lagace
Date: 2018-05-19 23:25

>>What do the mouthpiece experts here use as tip gauges?
>>Is there one on the market that's considered more accurate than others?

Although the tip can be measured in many ways, I believe the important measurement is the distance from the inside of the tip to the flat of the table, since this is the actual opening for the air stream.
From the tip to the flat table measures where the reed may want to be set, so may have some influence how the mouthpiece may feel but this is of lesser importance.

Following that, a tapered gauge that slips into the mouthpiece is best. I am curious how you are getting three different measurements from three different gauges. Maybe only one is measuring from the inside of the tip? Is your table curved or crooked in some way? There is only one correct measurement for the opening there so it may be easy to know which gauge is the accurate one.

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