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A Dilemma with a Vintage O'Brien

Author: Raff P
Date: 2012-10-22 10:03

Hello all!

So my private lessons teacher at the university is allowing me to use his vintage crystal O'brien mouthpiece, and may even let me keep it since he doesn't have a use for it anymore. The response of the mouthpiece with a Traditional Vandoren 3 is just so intimate and immediate, a much different approach than my previously resistant mouthpiece -- which I do love, also.

The problem is that the mouthpiece plays consistently flat. I mean, 10 centz flat across the entire range. I play on a Ridenour G1, and the 64 barrel just isn't enough to bring the pitch up to A=440.

I'm at a loss... I love the mouthpiece to death. What are my options? The only barrels that I think might bring the pitch up that far are those cheesy adjustable barrels by RS Berkeley, which apparently shorten to 60 mm.

Is that the only route I can take? or is there something I'm overlooking?

Thanks,
Raff

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