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 Re: close-tipped mouthpiece recommendations
Author: SunnyDaze 
Date:   2022-09-22 17:58

Hello!

My new mouthpiece arrived and it is bafflingly different from my Hite in every way. I completely do not understand it. Here is my report of discoveries so far.

Here's what is different:

1) I'm getting a really loud air leak when I play. It gets a lot better if I raise the reed tip almost level with the top of the mp, but I'm not exactly sure that it's entirely going away. It is worse on the 2.5 classic than the 1.5.

2) I can definitely play the 2.5 which is a big improvement. It's weird though because with the Hite I get no air leak, but I can't play anything stronger than a 1.5 and actually get a sound out

3) With the Hite when I try to cross the break legato from E4 to C5, I get a really noticeable silence as I go over the junction, and nothing at all will make it go away. That problem is better with this mp at least to my ears when I play. This is a video of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YlDtl-_p4o

4) Paul Aviles explained to me yesterday that when I do long tones I should start so quietly and so gently that it's almost impossible to pin down the point where the sound started. I can't do that with the Hite, because it starts with a sort of bang and stutter, but with the CF+ it does start very imperceptibly, and does it every time without me needing to try hard.

5) When the shop assistant said the reed had "dulled down" from being a demo mp, he meant that it had turned green on one side. It is still black on the other side. I'm not convinced that it's a good idea to spend £290 on a green mp, since it would actually be cheaper to buy it new from Clark Fobes own website if he would ship here. Tricky.

I would be really glad to know if anybody understands the air leak problem as that is the biggest issue right now. Everything else seems great. Does that mean I should be trying the CF before committing?

Thanks so much for all your help.

Jennifer

Adult learner, Grade 3
Equipment: Yamaha Custom CX Bb, Fobes 10K CF mp,
Legere Soprano Sax American Cut #2, Vandoren Optimum German Lig.

Post Edited (2022-09-22 18:53)
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