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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-07-23 19:30
And I was a bit abbreviated in my description above. The "facing" of the mouthpiece IS the critical part that determines how a mouthpiece works; what reed strength to use, how it responds, ease of articulation, how much you can "tune-on-the-fly," etc. The facing is boundary created by the two side rails, the tip rail, and the point where the reed and mouthpiece come together. The two most essential dimensions are the distance between the reed and the tip of the mouthpiece (tip opening), and the distance from the tip of the mouthpiece to where the reed meets the mouthpiece material (facing length). That's enough description for a start but you can imagine there's more to the variables than just that.
You identified the "the beak" in your above post which can vary in angle, but there is no real affect on how the whole playing characteristics work other than perhaps personal comfort with a thicker over a thinner (or the other way around).
I assume you are familiar with the wider range of Vandoren mouthpiece facing sizes. If you are more comfortable with their "Profile 88" line (which is mostly what is out there), I would recommend the M13 (not the M13 Lyre) as a really good basic facing. But as I said above, the Fobes Debut will blow you away! And Fobes offers a selection of various hand finished professional grade hard rubber mouthpieces as well.
..............Paul Aviles
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cooperlcm |
2019-07-22 10:09 |
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Paul Aviles |
2019-07-22 14:35 |
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cooperlcm |
2019-07-23 06:40 |
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Paul Aviles |
2019-07-23 13:28 |
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cooperlcm |
2019-07-23 19:02 |
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Re: Buffet Mouthpiece? new |
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Paul Aviles |
2019-07-23 19:30 |
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EbClarinet |
2019-07-27 15:52 |
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Paul Aviles |
2019-07-27 18:32 |
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