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 Re: 440Hz mouthpiece on 442Hz tuning
Author: Paul Aviles 
Date:   2020-07-12 00:59

Up until recently Ben Redwine of the Gennusa mouthpiece used to make an "A=442" version by shortening from the mouthpiece tenon (and making the shoulder similarly higher).



I don't think of a mouthpiece as tuned to a specific pitch. There are some that are reliably higher pitched and some made to play "darker" or lower in pitch.



The ones I have found to be reliably higher in pitch are the older Hawkins (you can find on Ebay), Portnoy, the wooden Pomaricos (if they still make them.......the 1L was great), and the "standard" Vandorens (need to really be specific when you order to ensure you get these).



Since the 80's there has been a marketing push to make "darker" sounding mouthpieces which play flatter. Hopefully that trend is turning around.




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