At long last, we are about to begin production!  It's a pretty radical
design: specific to the rock and roll market (think about it: on Saturday
night, more guys are playing "Mustang Sally" than are playing "Giant Steps".
BTW, they're generally getting paid a LOT better) and will be available in
tenor only. We did the design in Solid Works (after hand making a couple of
prototypes) and will begin manufacturing in the USA next week. The facings
will be hand finished, although the lathe cuts it amazingly close. It's
truly louder than anything I have ever played. We did extensive tests with
my Strobo-Tuner, and I think I've got the intonation dialed in.
 
If any of you have any interest, I can send you a  link to the Solid Works
viewer (it's free) and a file that will show you what I'm up to from every
possible angle. Your comments and suggestions would be much appreciated.
 
We suffered about $250,000 in damage to our building, and it will be months
before we are running up to speed. My house is uninhabitable. I DO have
internet service (powered by a generator, as we have no electricity and
won't for some time) and will be happy to share these files with any of you
who request them by emailing me at steveg@... . If Keith wants to
add them to the archives and can figure out how to do it and deems it
appropriate, maybe we can add them there.
 
 
 

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I put a copy of 3D CAD file of Steve's new mouthpiece in the Files 
Tenor section [SG21A.eprt].  The viewer will allow you to see the 
design and rotate, pan, zoom to look at it inside and out.  It is a 
cool program.  Get it at:

http://www.solidworks.com/pages/programs/eDrawings/e2_register.html 

The mouthpiece design itself has some neat ideas.  Take a close look 
at the rails.

Thanks, Keith. The rail design solved several problems. In dealing with the
machinists, I've learned a lot about manufacturing processes. It's not
simple!

I would be remiss if I didn't give a lot of credit to Ben Rosow. Ben is one
of my saxophone students, a mechanical engineer, and sells Solid Works for a
living. His input has been absolutely invaluable. He is totally familiar
with machining techniques (it's what he does all day every day) and is a
fine saxophonist himself. He and I will be working together on more projects
in the future. Ben took my design and turned it into something that could be
consistently duplicated. I don't have those skills, and this project would
not have been possible without Ben's tremendous contribution and constant
input. He was also part of the "panel" of saxophonists who helped me refine
the design through play testing. 

I hope Ben's schedule will allow him to join this group and contribute here.
He has some VERY unique expertise that would be of interest to anyone who
works with mouthpieces.

-----Original Message-----
From: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Keith Bradbury
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 7:52 AM
To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Re: Saxgourmet Mouthpiece

I put a copy of 3D CAD file of Steve's new mouthpiece in the Files Tenor
section [SG21A.eprt].  The viewer will allow you to see the design and
rotate, pan, zoom to look at it inside and out.  It is a cool program.  Get
it at:

http://www.solidworks.com/pages/programs/eDrawings/e2_register.html 

The mouthpiece design itself has some neat ideas.  Take a close look at the
rails.






Got a Mouthpiece Work question?  Send it to MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com

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Files, Photos and Bookmarks relating to Mouthpiece Work.

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 When you open the Solid Works viewer to see the file, click "play" and it
will automatically take you through the entire design.

-----Original Message-----
From: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Keith Bradbury
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 7:52 AM
To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Re: Saxgourmet Mouthpiece

I put a copy of 3D CAD file of Steve's new mouthpiece in the Files Tenor
section [SG21A.eprt].  The viewer will allow you to see the design and
rotate, pan, zoom to look at it inside and out.  It is a cool program.  Get
it at:

http://www.solidworks.com/pages/programs/eDrawings/e2_register.html 

The mouthpiece design itself has some neat ideas.  Take a close look at the
rails.






Got a Mouthpiece Work question?  Send it to MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com

Visit the site at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork to see the
Files, Photos and Bookmarks relating to Mouthpiece Work.

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