Is the standard Yamaha mouthpiece hard rubber...ie something I could work on as a blank?   What would you suggest as a easily obtained , reasonably priced blank?

They seem to be a mixture of ground up hard rubber and plastic.  I've refaced a couple of these.  The chamber design is fairly conservative.  The soprano pieces are quite decent.

Regards,
Andrew

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> Is the standard Yamaha mouthpiece hard rubber...ie something I could work on as a blank?   What would you suggest as a easily obtained , reasonably priced blank?
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I re-layed one that had a broken tip. It was easy to work on and the dust was a blue/grey colour.The owner says it is his favourite MPC even though I sold him a Lawton7* Go figure?

The "standard" Yamaha mouthpieces are made of a hard composite material.
They also make the mouthpiece in ebonite (hard rubber) with the same facings but claimed to be hand finished.  In the UK the ebonite versions are about 2-3 times the price of the standard ones, but still somewhat less than say Vandoren.

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> I re-layed one that had a broken tip. It was easy to work on and the dust was a blue/grey colour.The owner says it is his favourite MPC even though I sold him a Lawton7* Go figure?
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