The following MouthpieceWork poll is now closed.  Here are the 
final results: 


POLL QUESTION: Which plays a more vital role in the playability of a 
mouthpiece? 

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Tip Opening / Reed Combination, 35 votes, 30.17%  
- Facing curve, 38 votes, 32.76%  
- Tip / Rail, 20 votes, 17.24%  
- chamber attributes, 9 votes, 7.76%  
- Flat table, 14 votes, 12.07%  

INDIVIDUAL VOTES
- Tip Opening / Reed Combination 
     - ewmclean@... 
     - heiko.bidmon@... 
     - musicandbookman@... 
     - wratti@... 
     - slogrand@... 
     - zedintexas@... 
     - brent_smith@... 
     - seokjong.yoo@... 
     - ricky@... 
     - s.tyree@... 
     - gallardojazz@... 
     - kantspace@... 
     - mauriflo81@... 
     - gazzilucena@... 
     - dkulcinski@... 
     - damcam7625@... 
     - mvspur@... 
     - maf5537@... 
     - e5frb@... 
     - arr@... 
     - kwbradbury@... 
     - castilho@... 
     - krapoma@... 
     - gianpaolo.longo@... 
     - benjaminallen@... 
     - brentsmith@... 
     - davidmi58@... 
     - brett.eugene@... 
     - danielrorke@... 
     - saxyjosh05@... 
     - davidbfreeman@... 
     - MVash@... 
     - clpiotrek@... 
     - ertbue@... 
     - claudia@... 
- Facing curve 
     - c.blom12@... 
     - jon.flodder@... 
     - scfpman@... 
     - gabivatavu1976@... 
     - egfurre@... 
     - Dolnet@... 
     - bondioli22@... 
     - zoot51@... 
     - lyakush@... 
     - saxocalman@... 
     - srcsax2571@... 
     - wfhoehn@... 
     - ywlam2000@... 
     - selmervi54@... 
     - berg160@... 
     - hhm478@... 
     - zachfrotton@... 
     - kasparguy@... 
     - danerida@... 
     - buffet@... 
     - petersax99@... 
     - dan.williams@... 
     - jevahuts@... 
     - wasax@... 
     - bluetrain35@... 
     - dcb_76@... 
     - bradbehn@... 
     - MVPROD@... 
     - selmerboy@... 
     - zoot59@... 
     - dulcimercat@... 
     - lalorojas@... 
     - daiblosis159@... 
     - michaelhiemstra@... 
     - gulbanim77@... 
     - shmuelyosef@... 
     - mattmarantz86@... 
     - theonlymagicalpig@... 
- Tip / Rail 
     - dlektrix@... 
     - kweinstein1@... 
     - reverand_rifph@... 
     - benjlur@... 
     - o_kittitanarux@... 
     - rdedios42@... 
     - mk6sax@... 
     - myship@... 
     - lepageapplin.olivier@... 
     - pagaylord@... 
     - raulpeteri@... 
     - aad.overeem@... 
     - mgerchalk@... 
     - wightg@... 
     - griff136@... 
     - saxophone_volume1@... 
     - luispa8@... 
     - daniel24672@... 
     - Letydan@... 
     - bariaxman@... 
- chamber attributes 
     - d_kozub@... 
     - jtgardner244@... 
     - sakshama1@... 
     - sax2ter@... 
     - skygardener1@... 
     - mcbop@... 
     - herbborne@... 
     - marklfleming@... 
     - michaelchesher@... 
- Flat table 
     - jimmitch47@... 
     - jdlaw1988@... 
     - sal_rosselli@... 
     - zglurbbreyes@... 
     - alf.reid@... 
     - cfshields@... 
     - cah2nist@... 
     - esvoboda@... 
     - barisaxzinger@... 
     - jwhitt55@... 
     - gary@... 
     - CamperKen@... 
     - morrissaxophonensu@... 
     - grassinospam@... 


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The following MouthpieceWork poll is now closed.  Here are the 
final results: 


POLL QUESTION: Discussion on sax acoustic theory sometimes dominates the forum posts.  Most of this discussion has little to do with mouthpieces directly.  But it is difficult to discuss mouthpiece acoustics without considering the system as a whole.  As a member, how would you prefer these discussions be handled?

You can vote for more than one. 

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- I want to hear about percieved errors in the literature (Ferron, etc)., 0 votes, 0.00%  
- I only want to hear about theory that explains a posted trial result., 3 votes, 8.57%  
- Allow them to continue as-is.  I can ignore/read each one., 12 votes, 34.29%  
- Ask that the discussion be moved to alt.music.saxophone., 10 votes, 28.57%  
- Ask that only conclusions relating to mouthpieces be posted., 9 votes, 25.71%  
- Other.  (Send suggestion to kwbradbury@...)., 1 votes, 2.86%  

INDIVIDUAL VOTES
- I want to hear about percieved errors in the literature (Ferron, etc). 
- I only want to hear about theory that explains a posted trial result. 
     - grassinospam@... 
     - norman.smale@... 
     - andrewhdonaldson@... 
- Allow them to continue as-is.  I can ignore/read each one. 
     - kwbradbury@... 
     - edzentera@... 
     - zoot51@... 
     - louhalf@... 
     - jdtoddjazz@... 
     - jtalcott47@... 
     - gregwier@... 
     - esteban_cadenza@... 
     - cbumpste@... 
     - entropicwolf@... 
     - frymorgan@... 
     - wassa@... 
- Ask that the discussion be moved to alt.music.saxophone. 
     - ed@... 
     - crcieslik@... 
     - sonusrepair@... 
     - dhaining@... 
     - dandjmars@... 
     - pfdeley@... 
     - mk6sax@... 
     - andrewhdonaldson@... 
     - eherbthompson@... 
     - mnordinnc@... 
- Ask that only conclusions relating to mouthpieces be posted. 
     - ed@... 
     - mofrachel@... 
     - crcieslik@... 
     - sjohn@... 
     - saxgourmet@... 
     - grassinospam@... 
     - norman.smale@... 
     - andrewhdonaldson@... 
     - tdewinter@... 
- Other.  (Send suggestion to kwbradbury@...). 
     - grassinospam@... 


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