Mouthpiece Work / Alto Spread Sheet
FROM: sigmund451 (sigmund451)
SUBJECT: Alto Spread Sheet
Ive found your tenor spread sheet to be very helpful (thank you again). They work great and are also a great starting point for some pieces. I noticed in a previous post you offered to post a spread sheet for alto pieces if you were informed of targets. I still fight my way through the facing curve program at times. Id love a sheet that showed what you would suggest for a typical (meyerish) round chambered mouthpiece with targets starting from 70 to 90 in increments of 5 if you have the chance. thanks Philip
FROM: kwbradbury (Keith Bradbury)
SUBJECT: Re: Alto Spread Sheet
I populated a spreadsheet for Meyer curves based on the table Ralph Morgan reported in the Sax Journal Meyer article from 1995. I just used the tenor table, plugged in tip openings and facing lengths and then executed the Excell built-in solver routine that I had already set up for radial facing curves. Like Links, true Meyer curves may not be pure radial curves. But this is the best we can do with the info we have. Experiance has shown that accurate hand facing work to these curves will improve response as compared to how the mouthpiece leaves the factory. The new alto spreadsheet is located in the Files Alto area.