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Re: Herbert Wurlitzer Reform Boehm

Author: Reformed
Date: 2019-02-20 11:44

Just to echo comments of others and based on my experience with Yamaha copies of RBs from this period (i.e. before the later bore changes):

- Mouthpiece is critical to the tuning. Use a German bore mouthpiece not a "Reform" mouthpiece, e.g. Zinner, recent Wurlitzer or Leitner & Kraus. The German mouthpiece bore has a much sharper cone, starting at 15.00mm and getting down to nearly 14.00mm near the baffle. The Reform mouthpieces only reduce to (maybe) 14.5/14.6mm, this results in the clarion register being way sharp.

- Relaxation of the embouchure is key, not only for intonation but to get that sound

- Changing from unreformed Boehm's may take a year to fully adapt your ways

Yamaha actually supplied modern Reform mouthpieces with my instruments and I am embarrassed how long it took me to realise their mistake. The lesson from that is to use the advice of others, I think. It would be worth finding a good teacher who actually uses RBs for a playing career.

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