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Re: Frying egg

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-06-05 17:04

Mojo wrote:

> A flat spot on the facing curve might be a source of this
> sizzle.
>
> The classic Brand set of feelers are space too far apart for
> precise facing work IMO. You can have a small flat spot
> between feeler readings and not know it. One other test you
> can do is to look how light reflects off your side rails as you
> slowly tilt your mouthpiece under a desk lamp.

Thanks. I'll try that.
>
> Saliva can accumulate on the baffle to make a sizzle sound.

I don't think it's saliva, because it doesn't come and go - it's all the time with these mouthpieces. When I test for reed response by blowing at each side with no embouchure pressure, I get the same noise, as though the reed is too heavy. But I can keep taking wood off the areas I ordinarily do until the reed collapses, and the noise remains. This happens whether there's saliva on the tip or baffle or not.

So, I take it from the rest of your post that the only influence baffle shape is likely to have is if it tends to collect saliva or condensate and that by itself the baffle won't cause the noise? That it most likely is caused somewhere in the curve?

Karl

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