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Re: Mouthpiece baffles and bores - polished or rough?

Author: Max S-D
Date: 2022-11-01 21:11

A lot of mouthpiece craftspeople do as Paul says: they get the basic design applied, then adjust, play, adjust, play until it plays the way they want. Then they stop. Clarinet mouthpieces I've got from Fobes, Borbeck and Behn all show evidence of hand work, especially in the baffle area. I have a tenor sax mouthpiece from Fred Lamberson where the chamber looks like it was gouged out with a chisel! It plays like I can scarcely believe, so I'm glad he stopped exactly when he did. The facing and exterior finish work are immaculate.

Other manufacturers seem to be able to deliver good results with stunningly beautiful finish work inside and out. Johannes Gerber's sax mouthpieces are an example of this.

I don't much care as long as it plays well. If anything, I like the reminder that an expert put work into making it right.

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