Author: Gregory Smith ★2017
Date: 2007-07-25 22:31
Viotto, Backun, Grabner, and myself use Zinner blanks - either from the "A" mould or the "E" mould. Zinner only manufactures the two.
The tone chamber on all are relatively identical for all practical purposes, hence the similarity in tonal qualities amongst those that use the Zinner blank/material. The Zinner blank is the constant.
Each maker, including myself, modify these same blanks in different ways to achieve different results - but basically the similarity one hears is due to the constancy of the unique style of the Zinner blank.
IMO, the Pyne mouthpieces have always lacked a certain amount of color. Hence the quote from Morales that playing the Backun mouthpiece was something akin to "suddenly realizing all of the colors of the rainbow". It all depends on where one has been and is going to. That kind of description, by it's very nature, is a relative one.
Gregory Smith
http://www.gregory-smith.com
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