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Re: Lee Livengood

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2023-12-29 22:37

allow me to restate that:

I have personally over the last ten years attempted to make "mouthpiece shopping" more fruitful and more efficient. It would be helpful to know what type of facing you as a player prefer. One does tend toward a TYPE. So if you prefer longer lays (17mm or more...real millimeters, not the half millimeter measurement), trying short lay mouthpieces MIGHT yield a surprisingly good mouthpiece but chances are it won't. Same applies to tip openings. It's not much different than the pros who prefer to get familiar with a certain Vandoren (say an M13 for example) so that it is replicable if disaster befalls good ol' number one.

I merely pass along the suggestion that it may be more efficient to weed out the mouthpieces that won't work so that you have only "possibles" in front of you.

…………..Paul Aviles

Post Edited (2023-12-30 00:10)

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