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Re: Has anyone tried the Wind-o? (endorsed by Yahuda Gilad)

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2014-12-18 22:47

I agree with the premise of the the Wind-o, but the price is outrageous. The Facial Flex does the same for 89¢.

Embouchure strength and endurance is essential. In addition to the buccinators, which pull the corners of the mouth in, I needed to build up the muscles that press my lips up and down. I needed to do this particularly because I play double lip, but the same principle applies with single lip.

I made my own for nothing. I put a dead reed on a dead mouthpiece and squeezed from all directions to strengthen my entire embouchure. After a week or so, I added a dead (cracked) barrel. I built the muscles up so that I could hold the thing (without hands, but just by lip strength) for up to a minute.

This greatly helped my endurance and security of playing.

Ken Shaw

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