>A regular curve constant radius curve would be made, for example, a
>tenor sax mouthpiece with .094" tip opening (2.4 mm) with 22 mm facing
>length (44 on E Brand).
>
>Then, only the .0015" and .010" would be brought back to, for example,
>25mm (50) and 20mm (40), with perhaps the .014" feeler brought back 1 or
>1.5 mm.  The rest of the curve on out to the tip would remain the same.
>
>This has the effect of making the low notes smoother and easier without
>hurting the high notes.  This has a nice effect on mouthpieces with
>large tip openings for players who would want to do lush ballads on the
>low end of tenor.  And big band bari players REALLy like this.


Paul,
  This seems like a very interesting concept. You wouldn't mind giving up 
the rest of the secret -aka. how you decide how far to drift those last few 
measurements - would you???

Thanks,

Keith

For soprano and alto I usually lengthen the .0015" and .010" feelers by 
2 mm.  (+4 on the E Brand gauges).  For tenor and bari, length by 3mm (+6).

Paul



Keith Ley wrote:

>
> >A regular curve constant radius curve would be made, for example, a
> >tenor sax mouthpiece with .094" tip opening (2.4 mm) with 22 mm facing
> >length (44 on E Brand).
> >
> >Then, only the .0015" and .010" would be brought back to, for example,
> >25mm (50) and 20mm (40), with perhaps the .014" feeler brought back 1 or
> >1.5 mm.  The rest of the curve on out to the tip would remain the same.
> >
> >This has the effect of making the low notes smoother and easier without
> >hurting the high notes.  This has a nice effect on mouthpieces with
> >large tip openings for players who would want to do lush ballads on the
> >low end of tenor.  And big band bari players REALLy like this.
>
>
> Paul,
>   This seems like a very interesting concept. You wouldn't mind giving up
> the rest of the secret -aka. how you decide how far to drift those 
> last few
> measurements - would you???
>
> Thanks,
>
> Keith
>
>
>
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