OK are there any other factors besides facing length that affect the
pitch stability (how easy/hard it is to bend the pitch)?  And how,
aside from facing length, can you improve low end response in a sax
mpc?  TIA

> OK are there any other factors besides facing length that affect the
> pitch stability (how easy/hard it is to bend the pitch)?  

Wider tips are easier to bend the pitch/less stable.  This is a bigger deal
than facing length.

> And how,
> aside from facing length, can you improve low end response in a sax
> mpc?  

Sealing the sax leaks.  Also, getting a smooth facing curve without any
bumps or flat sections.  

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--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "frymorgan" <frymorgan@...> wrote:
>
> OK are there any other factors besides facing length that affect the
> pitch stability (how easy/hard it is to bend the pitch)?  And how,
> aside from facing length, can you improve low end response in a sax
> mpc?  TIA
>
I have found long lays with open tips difficult to control regarding
pitch, unless masking the problem by using vibrato. I now tend to go
the other way, same tip opening but short length. This does not seem
to spoil the low end - I use subtone on tenor - but allows plenty of
controlled flexibility in pitch.   Eddie.