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Author: Max S-D
Date: 2021-08-16 21:50
I'd actually say my best experiences with refacers or custom-order equipment have come from taking the exact opposite approach as Paul. I try to find craftspeople who are well respected and have strong opinions and tell them what I am looking for and let them get there however they feel is best. I try to give reference points of things that have and have not worked for me and why, but I try not to be prescriptive, especially where facings are concerned.
In the last five years or so, I've taken this approach to buying a new clarinet mouthpiece from Brad Behn, having a clarinet mouthpiece refaced by Bob Bernardo (yes) and buying tenor and baritone saxophone mouthpieces from the late, great Ron Coelho. Brad and Bob both delivered excellent mouthpieces that were pretty close to what I imagined I would get, but with their own expert opinions applied to the decisions.
Ron always gave me something totally unexpected that was exactly what we'd talked about, but arrived at in a way that I would never have put together on my own. Tip openings, facing lengths, baffle sizes and shapes, chamber sizes were never what I would have thought on my own, but they all come together to work perfectly. Ron was definitely at an extreme end of "trying stuff and making it work" but thankfully he was particularly strong in the "making it work" department!
I think the times I have tried to tell expert craftspeople how to reach a specific outcome (and they went along with it), I've left a little disappointed and had nobody but myself to blame.
I have worked in the bicycle industry before and, to me, this is a lot like when I see people try to go to a custom framebuilder with the exact geometry they want instead of sending them their measurements, telling them what they want from the bike and letting the framebuilder come up with a geometry that suits the rider's body and riding. If I can't trust a framebuilder to design the bike to my needs, I probably don't want to buy that bike anyway.
YMMV, of course, as evidenced by this very thread.
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Dan Shusta |
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farabout |
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seabreeze |
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Mojo |
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TomS |
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Dan Shusta |
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seabreeze |
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Dan Shusta |
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nellsonic |
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donald |
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Mike Blinn |
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Maestro_6 |
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Dan Shusta |
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Maestro_6 |
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sonicbang |
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Ken Lagace |
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TrueTone |
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Ken. |
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Dan Shusta |
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donald |
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Dan Shusta |
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donald |
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farabout |
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super20dan |
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farabout |
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kdk |
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Philip Caron |
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Tony F |
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Ed |
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Hank Lehrer |
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kdk |
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SunnyDaze |
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Paul Aviles |
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SunnyDaze |
2021-08-16 19:13 |
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Re: Clarinet Mouthpiece Refacers new |
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Max S-D |
2021-08-16 21:50 |
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Ed |
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Vytas |
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farabout |
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kdk |
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Mojo |
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kdk |
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Mojo |
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seabreeze |
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kdk |
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seabreeze |
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Ed |
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Phil84 |
2023-08-18 21:28 |
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HANGARDUDE |
2023-08-19 05:08 |
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