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Re: Set-up change due to surgery?

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-08-02 04:27

The German set-up is completely different and could be helpful to you. In addition to a small tip opening (generally around 0.98mm) the lay is quite long (starting at about 29 mm long, 10mm longer than standard Boehm mouthpieces).

I had been contacted by Bas DeJong of Viotto mouthpieces and was sent an N1 facing with 3 Vandoren German cut 2 1/2 strength reeds. Viotto modifies the tenon of the mouthpiece to work with Boehm. As a lifelong player of #4 Vandorens, thought the 2 1/2 were just a joke. I did eventually try one just to say that I did. In the initial trial I did think it was way too soft. But the next day I recalled that the resultant SOUND was very pleasing and I also recalled being able to achieve a fairly wide dynamic range. So I went back to the set up which led me to a two year experiment that was all very rewarding.

The bottom line with the German set-up as Bas tell it is that you just put the mouthpiece in your mouth and blow. There is no obsession with embouchure in this school of thought anything like what we put ourselves through in the States.

I'd give it a shot if I were you.

http://www.basdejong.com/mouthpieces.php/en

You do have to make some accommodations for pitch (not a perfect acoustic match) but it is doable.

................Paul Aviles

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