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Re: New mouthpiece suggestions

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2014-11-22 21:07

Many players have given up trying to get optimal performance from mass-produced mouthpieces as they play right out of the box. Better to view any trial mouthpiece as a blank to be finished to your liking by a mouthpiece tech.

M13s can be opened and M30s can be closed a little at the tip to get exactly what you want. M30 lyres and M15 models can similarly be altered by work on the facing, rails, baffle, and tone chamber to change the response and resistance of the mouthpiece. Some Reserve mouthpieces also are good blanks for reworking. You have to try several to get the most focused and colorful tone and let the mouthpiece tech take it from there. If you give the tech a dud, you will get back a slightly improved dud. (Remember the adage "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"). If you give 'em a good blank that still falls short of your ideal, you will get back something much closer to your ideal.

Some mouthpiece techs to try are Nathan Beaty (he's on this list), Brad Behn, Ramon Wodkowski, and Richard Hawkins. And there are lots more that can work with you to get the mouthpiece you need.

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