hey guys, so I recently got a Selmer metal jazz mouthpiece c** on a vandoren jazz 3.5 reed and I noticed that the sound I get is kinda fuzzy and then when I play my Vadoren TL3, on the same reed, the sound is very clean and crisp. Any ideas on what I should do to fix the problem? 

Measure both facing curves and compare them.


On Feb 14, 2013, at 8:07 PM, "Logan Blankenship" <lbship10@...> wrote:

> hey guys, so I recently got a Selmer metal jazz mouthpiece c** on a vandoren jazz 3.5 reed and I noticed that the sound I get is kinda fuzzy and then when I play my Vadoren TL3, on the same reed, the sound is very clean and crisp. Any ideas on what I should do to fix the problem? 
> 
> 

Find a reed that works with the Selmer mouthpiece.  You have obviously found one for the TL3.  There is no reason to believe the same reed will work for both pieces.


Bill Hausmann


If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!


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hey guys, so I recently got a Selmer metal jazz mouthpiece c** on a vandoren jazz 3.5 reed and I noticed that the sound I get is kinda fuzzy and then when I play my Vadoren TL3, on the same reed, the sound is very clean and crisp. Any ideas on what I should do to fix the problem? 



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I agree also that the same reed may not work well on different 
mouthpieces. Try different reeds, that's the easiest possible solution.

Another ploy is to try adding a removable baffle insert, eg. as seen in 
the Runyon mouthpieces. I do not think the metal tail ("spoiler")  is 
necessary in order to get a sound with a little more bite to it, which 
may be what you're looking for.

Barry Levine

On 2/14/2013 10:57 PM, Keith Bradbury wrote:
> Measure both facing curves and compare them.
>
>
> On Feb 14, 2013, at 8:07 PM, "Logan Blankenship" <lbship10@... 
> <mailto:lbship10@...>> wrote:
>
>> hey guys, so I recently got a Selmer metal jazz mouthpiece c** on a 
>> vandoren jazz 3.5 reed and I noticed that the sound I get is kinda 
>> fuzzy and then when I play my Vadoren TL3, on the same reed, the 
>> sound is very clean and crisp. Any ideas on what I should do to fix 
>> the problem?
>>