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Re: Old/New Wodkowki Mouthpiece

Author: RWodkowski
Date: 2018-12-25 17:56

This does make me feel quite nostalgic. The mouthpiece wjk is referring to was made when I was a grad student at the Yale University School of Music. I was 22 years old and had been studying mouthpiece making with Jim Kanter and Everett Matson. I believe it had a medium tip opening, longer facing length, thicker rails - quite a dark, covered mouthpiece.

18 years has passed since then and an ocean of knowledge and experience with my playing, work and creations, so it is difficult to compare the two conceptually.

Philadelphia is quite different and specific in comparison - 100% designed by me, not made from a stock ready-made blank. Philadelphia has a close tip, medium length, narrow chamber - very much in the of style of the vintage mouthpieces of the early 20th century, but made to modern standards and tastes. The closest comparison from my current catalogue to the older Zinner models I made would be my N model - or perhaps new L model, which will be advertised shortly. Both are medium tip, medium length.

Hope that helps - any questions, please contact me privately as I avoid this forum like the plague