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Re: 17mm facing, 1.00mm opening. Which strength should I get?

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2012-09-22 09:02

You have a very close facing. Even the German mouthpieces are much more open.

The average tip opening is somewhere around 1.03 to 1.15. (mm)

Bob Marcellus played on a 1.11mm facing on his Mozart recording. This comes directly from Bob during a phone conversation I had with him. However I don't know if it was refaced.

So with a 1.00mm facing I'd try the harder strengths. I'm unsure of your experience, so call them or email them. They've always been very good with answering my past emails, but that was at least 12 years ago.

I'm playing on the VD56 reeds, 4 strength and the last time I tried their plastic reeds they were about a 1/2 strength lighter.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

Post Edited (2012-09-22 09:09)

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