I just got my hands on an old King medium chamber mouthpiece.  It has a 
long lay, a narrow profile, and a round chamber.  I opened it up to 
a .100 filed in a roll over baffle and darned if the thing doesnt sound 
better than half the expensive mouthpieces Ive owned or played.  Nice 
edge, full tone.  It has especially nice octave D voicing and 
projection. Im going to have to keep my eye out for those nice old 
rubber pieces no one seems to want.   

I too love cheap old mouthpieces.

There's a lot of decent designs that just need a good facing on them to work well.  I really like some of the old Woodwind Company pieces a lot (especially the Dick Stabile's).  Diamonds in the rough.


Ed 


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> I just got my hands on an old King medium chamber mouthpiece.  It has a 
> long lay, a narrow profile, and a round chamber.  I opened it up to 
> a .100 filed in a roll over baffle and darned if the thing doesnt sound 
> better than half the expensive mouthpieces Ive owned or played.  Nice 
> edge, full tone.  It has especially nice octave D voicing and 
> projection. Im going to have to keep my eye out for those nice old 
> rubber pieces no one seems to want.   
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