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Kaspar asymmetry

Author: Arnoldstang
Date: 2019-01-01 02:12

In David Tuttle’s article in The Clarinet entitled "The Chicago Mouthpiece Legacy"
There are photos of Kaspar papers with facing numbers for Antony Gogliotti and several other “greats”. Many of the facings are asymmetrical. It would seem these numbers are not target numbers for the refacer but rather measurements taken after the all the adjustments were done and the mouthpiece and reeds performed best.
Do mouthpiece makers today stray from target measurements during the testing and tweaking process?
What has changed regarding facings in the intervening years from Kaspar until now. Why didn’t Kaspar fix the asymmetry? To me asymmetry adds resistance ie more to blow against. Wasn’t there sufficient resistance?
Sorry for the confusing question, I am confused. I have done a fair amount of amateur refacing myself.

Freelance woodwind performer

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