I have a brass Lawton 8*BB tenor mouthpiece that plays well except 
for the low register,Bb1-D1 are very hard to play when played out 
loud (subtoning is no problem).These notes don't pop out easy at 
all.The tip is around .115 and my set-up is not extreme,LaVoz mediums 
or Rico Royal 2 1/2.Could this be a facing problem or something else? 
I've tried other Lawton BBs and none of those had this problem 
altough I'm aware that Lawtons need lots of focusing and support to 
play well.

Check to see if the table is flat and where the initial measurement
starts. This will be were your problem is.

Later
God Bless
Bootman
Richard Booth
www.bootmanmusic.com 


-----Original Message-----
From: vph [mailto:vphaanmaki@...] 
Sent: Monday, 8 December 2003 1:39 AM
To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Low-note problem on Lawton

I have a brass Lawton 8*BB tenor mouthpiece that plays well except 
for the low register,Bb1-D1 are very hard to play when played out 
loud (subtoning is no problem).These notes don't pop out easy at 
all.The tip is around .115 and my set-up is not extreme,LaVoz mediums 
or Rico Royal 2 1/2.Could this be a facing problem or something else? 
I've tried other Lawton BBs and none of those had this problem 
altough I'm aware that Lawtons need lots of focusing and support to 
play well.



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What is the facing length?  If the facing is very short, or if it is not 
a smooth curve, there can be difficulty with the low notes.  I have seen 
some Levelair * facing mouthpieces with a bizarre facing contour, a 
sharp radius at the break, and from there out to the tip nearly flat.  
Changing to a smooth curve really improves these pieces.

 

Paul



vph wrote:

> I have a brass Lawton 8*BB tenor mouthpiece that plays well except
> for the low register,Bb1-D1 are very hard to play when played out
> loud (subtoning is no problem).These notes don't pop out easy at
> all.The tip is around .115 and my set-up is not extreme,LaVoz mediums
> or Rico Royal 2 1/2.Could this be a facing problem or something else?
> I've tried other Lawton BBs and none of those had this problem
> altough I'm aware that Lawtons need lots of focusing and support to
> play well.
>
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You can run your thumb along the side rails of most Level Airs and feel a
kink in the middle of the facing.

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Paul,

I don't have proper tools to measure the facing but I checked with 
reeds and the facing does not seem very short to me.However,the 
facing seems to be quite flat after the break,not really a smooth 
curve.Maybe thats the problem.

v-p


--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, Paul Coats <tenorman@t...> 
wrote:
> What is the facing length?  If the facing is very short, or if it 
is not 
> a smooth curve, there can be difficulty with the low notes.  I have 
seen 
> some Levelair * facing mouthpieces with a bizarre facing contour, a 
> sharp radius at the break, and from there out to the tip nearly 
flat.  
> Changing to a smooth curve really improves these pieces.
> 
>  
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
> vph wrote:
> 
> > I have a brass Lawton 8*BB tenor mouthpiece that plays well except
> > for the low register,Bb1-D1 are very hard to play when played out
> > loud (subtoning is no problem).These notes don't pop out easy at
> > all.The tip is around .115 and my set-up is not extreme,LaVoz 
mediums
> > or Rico Royal 2 1/2.Could this be a facing problem or something 
else?
> > I've tried other Lawton BBs and none of those had this problem
> > altough I'm aware that Lawtons need lots of focusing and support 
to
> > play well.
> >
> >
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> >
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I've seen a few Lawtons.  None of them have had short facings.  They were
all medium-long.  There's a chart of Lawton facing lengths on the Bill
Lewington UK site.  

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