Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2022-05-22 23:17
SunnyDaze wrote:
> Do you think it would make a big difference to me to have a
> very long 28mm facing like the German mps, or would a French
> one with a short 17mm facing and closed 0.95 tip be enough?
>
I really don't know. I suspect you'd find a .95-.1.00mm/34-38mm facing easy enough blowing, or if not, that you're considerably overdoing something. I haven't gone back through this entire thread to see if you described back at the beginning what you're playing that's causing you to work so hard. I look and see if I see something useful.
> I see from the Clark Fobes website that there is a CF
> mouthpiece that is 0.96 tip opening and 17mm facing length and
> that mp is available in the UK for £169 ex-demo just now.
For me, the CWF series seems easier to play than the CF. It comes in three facings. The C (.095/16) is a little shorter than the CF. The F (1.00/17) is the same facing as the CF+ (differences are internal).
> I did search on Gigliotti P but couldn't find anything like
> that.
>
No, I don't see it now, either. They were being made by Babbitt and were available well beyond Gigliotti's death in 2001, but the main distributor, his wife, went out of business several years ago (it's a long story), and I guess production ended with the business. You could probably find them on EBay - just make sure, if you look there, to look for the "P" facing. The others were more open and shorter.
> I also wrote to Brad Behn to ask if he would think of refacing
> a Hite D to be 0.95 tip opening so I will wait to see if he has
> a minute to reply. He's quite far away but I could always post
> my spare Hite D and his fees to reface are the same as buying a
> different mp new.
>
He can do it - it's a question of whether or not he thinks it will turn out to be playable.
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