What is the normal opening of a C Melody mouthpiece? 
This is the first C Melody I reface. It is a Conn sax with "alto shaped" neck. The mouthpiece is a Buescher with tip opening .056", the customer asked me to open it a little. Are 072 ok? And what facing length is normal for this mpc? It is 49 and 50, but isn't that a little too long?

.072 will be fine…..I have a Runyon C melody mouthpiece that I use which is .088…..no problems


On Jun 3, 2013, at 10:37 AM, "EgilF." <egfurre@broadpark.no> wrote:

> What is the normal opening of a C Melody mouthpiece? 
> This is the first C Melody I reface. It is a Conn sax with "alto shaped" neck. The mouthpiece is a Buescher with tip opening .056", the customer asked me to open it a little. Are 072 ok? And what facing length is normal for this mpc? It is 49 and 50, but isn't that a little too long?
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> 

then we'll try .072, thanks Steve!


--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, STEVE GOODSON <saxgourmet@...> wrote:
>
> .072 will be fine…..I have a Runyon C melody mouthpiece that I use which is .088…..no problems
> 
> 
> On Jun 3, 2013, at 10:37 AM, "EgilF." <egfurre@...> wrote:
> 
> > What is the normal opening of a C Melody mouthpiece? 
> > This is the first C Melody I reface. It is a Conn sax with "alto shaped" neck. The mouthpiece is a Buescher with tip opening .056", the customer asked me to open it a little. Are 072 ok? And what facing length is normal for this mpc? It is 49 and 50, but isn't that a little too long?
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I have good results having them finished exactly like my favorite Tenor Sax facing AND adding a stick on baffle. Cheap reeds (use bass clarinet reeds if it is a short mouthpiece) is one benefit, and a much better playing mouthpiece is the other. The BEST answer though is to order a Runyon, Custom Spoiler mouthpiece for C melody saxophones. It makes them respond and sound like a modern horn (with two tone quality choices). With the new mouthpiece, Tu-ning is no longer a city in Asia. :-) A C* or D Selmer facing works much better than the little tip opening from the factory, but the whole mouthpiece from Runyon is a better set up.


> > > What is the normal opening of a C Melody mouthpiece? 
> > > This is the first C Melody I reface. It is a Conn sax with "alto shaped" neck. The mouthpiece is a Buescher with tip opening .056", the customer asked me to open it a little. Are 072 ok? And what facing length is normal for this mpc? It is 49 and 50, but isn't that a little too long?

If it was mine C-Melody I had ordered a Runyon, but this is a customer that want things to be like they use to be in the old days. 
I flattened the table, made the facing length 45,5 and tip opening .072". He got it yesterday and called me today to tell that it was Perfect for him.  :-)


--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "fidlershorns" <grassinospam@...> wrote:
>
> I have good results having them finished exactly like my favorite Tenor Sax facing AND adding a stick on baffle. Cheap reeds (use bass clarinet reeds if it is a short mouthpiece) is one benefit, and a much better playing mouthpiece is the other. The BEST answer though is to order a Runyon, Custom Spoiler mouthpiece for C melody saxophones. It makes them respond and sound like a modern horn (with two tone quality choices). With the new mouthpiece, Tu-ning is no longer a city in Asia. :-) A C* or D Selmer facing works much better than the little tip opening from the factory, but the whole mouthpiece from Runyon is a better set up.
> 
> 
> > > > What is the normal opening of a C Melody mouthpiece? 
> > > > This is the first C Melody I reface. It is a Conn sax with "alto shaped" neck. The mouthpiece is a Buescher with tip opening .056", the customer asked me to open it a little. Are 072 ok? And what facing length is normal for this mpc? It is 49 and 50, but isn't that a little too long?
>

I don't get it.....
Why on earth would a person use a bass clarinet reed on a C-Melody?
I am tremendously happy with my Beechler C-Mel hard rubber mouthpiece.  I use tenor reeds.  Lets get real.... Rico alone makes over 30 reeds to color the sound on a tenor.  Don't like Rico -- then use Vandoren.  I use the same reeds (Rico Jazz Select 2M) on all my horns.  I wish there was one for my clarinet.  Regarding tip openings, why would a c-mel be any different than any other horn?  I know guys that play with an 80 opening, and reeds so stiff that I can't even get them to speak.  But--- the same is true in his choice of alto opening.


________________________________
 From: fidlershorns <grassinospam@gmail.com>
To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 9:27 AM
Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Re: Tip opening C-Melody
 


  
I have good results having them finished exactly like my favorite Tenor Sax facing AND adding a stick on baffle. Cheap reeds (use bass clarinet reeds if it is a short mouthpiece) is one benefit, and a much better playing mouthpiece is the other. The BEST answer though is to order a Runyon, Custom Spoiler mouthpiece for C melody saxophones. It makes them respond and sound like a modern horn (with two tone quality choices). With the new mouthpiece, Tu-ning is no longer a city in Asia. :-) A C* or D Selmer facing works much better than the little tip opening from the factory, but the whole mouthpiece from Runyon is a better set up.

> > > What is the normal opening of a C Melody mouthpiece? 
> > > This is the first C Melody I reface. It is a Conn sax with "alto shaped" neck. The mouthpiece is a Buescher with tip opening .056", the customer asked me to open it a little. Are 072 ok? And what facing length is normal for this mpc? It is 49 and 50, but isn't that a little too long?


 

Maybe because Rico recommends it:
http://www.ricoreeds.com/RicoFAQ.Page?solutionid=268&sid=e842e630-9e3f-4e97-a4ea-8a08ec150ff8


--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, Will Schmit <anchornm@...> wrote:
>
> I don't get it.....
> Why on earth would a person use a bass clarinet reed on a C-Melody?
> I am tremendously happy with my Beechler C-Mel hard rubber mouthpiece.  I use tenor reeds.  Lets get real.... Rico alone makes over 30 reeds to color the sound on a tenor.  Don't like Rico -- then use Vandoren.  I use the same reeds (Rico Jazz Select 2M) on all my horns.  I wish there was one for my clarinet.  Regarding tip openings, why would a c-mel be any different than any other horn?  I know guys that play with an 80 opening, and reeds so stiff that I can't even get them to speak.  But--- the same is true in his choice of alto opening.
> 
> 
> ________________________________
>  From: fidlershorns <grassinospam@...>
> To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 9:27 AM
> Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Re: Tip opening C-Melody
>  
> 
> 
>   
> I have good results having them finished exactly like my favorite Tenor Sax facing AND adding a stick on baffle. Cheap reeds (use bass clarinet reeds if it is a short mouthpiece) is one benefit, and a much better playing mouthpiece is the other. The BEST answer though is to order a Runyon, Custom Spoiler mouthpiece for C melody saxophones. It makes them respond and sound like a modern horn (with two tone quality choices). With the new mouthpiece, Tu-ning is no longer a city in Asia. :-) A C* or D Selmer facing works much better than the little tip opening from the factory, but the whole mouthpiece from Runyon is a better set up.
> 
> > > > What is the normal opening of a C Melody mouthpiece? 
> > > > This is the first C Melody I reface. It is a Conn sax with "alto shaped" neck. The mouthpiece is a Buescher with tip opening .056", the customer asked me to open it a little. Are 072 ok? And what facing length is normal for this mpc? It is 49 and 50, but isn't that a little too long?
>

Bass clarinet reeds are sized between tenor sax reeds (too large for a C melody) and alto reeds (too small for a C Melody)…..I am not aware that anybody is manufacturing C Melody specify reeds these days…..





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I found these. http://www.reedstore.com/cmelody.htm

"No Trees Were Harmed In This Communication, Just A Few Electrons Were Inconvenienced"

STEVE GOODSON  wrote:

>Bass clarinet reeds are sized between tenor sax reeds (too large for a C melody) and alto reeds (too small for a C Melody)…..I am not aware that anybody is manufacturing C Melody specify reeds these days…..
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Rico would know...
Easily 1/8" too wide for any mouthpiece/ligature combo I have...
Who knew?


________________________________
 From: EgilF. <egfurre@...>
To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 1:14 PM
Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Re: Tip opening C-Melody
 


  
Maybe because Rico recommends it:
http://www.ricoreeds.com/RicoFAQ.Page?solutionid=268&sid=e842e630-9e3f-4e97-a4ea-8a08ec150ff8

--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, Will Schmit <anchornm@...> wrote:
>
> I don't get it.....
> Why on earth would a person use a bass clarinet reed on a C-Melody?
> I am tremendously happy with my Beechler C-Mel hard rubber mouthpiece.  I use tenor reeds.  Lets get real.... Rico alone makes over 30 reeds to color the sound on a tenor.  Don't like Rico -- then use Vandoren.  I use the same reeds (Rico Jazz Select 2M) on all my horns.  I wish there was one for my clarinet.  Regarding tip openings, why would a c-mel be any different than any other horn?  I know guys that play with an 80 opening, and reeds so stiff that I can't even get them to speak.  But--- the same is true in his choice of alto opening.
> 
> 
> ________________________________
>  From: fidlershorns <grassinospam@...>
> To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 9:27 AM
> Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Re: Tip opening C-Melody
> 
> 
> 
>   
> I have good results having them finished exactly like my favorite Tenor Sax facing AND adding a stick on baffle. Cheap reeds (use bass clarinet reeds if it is a short mouthpiece) is one benefit, and a much better playing mouthpiece is the other. The BEST answer though is to order a Runyon, Custom Spoiler mouthpiece for C melody saxophones. It makes them respond and sound like a modern horn (with two tone quality choices). With the new mouthpiece, Tu-ning is no longer a city in Asia. :-) A C* or D Selmer facing works much better than the little tip opening from the factory, but the whole mouthpiece from Runyon is a better set up.
> 
> > > > What is the normal opening of a C Melody mouthpiece? 
> > > > This is the first C Melody I reface. It is a Conn sax with "alto shaped" neck. The mouthpiece is a Buescher with tip opening .056", the customer asked me to open it a little. Are 072 ok? And what facing length is normal for this mpc? It is 49 and 50, but isn't that a little too long?
>


 

Aquilasax has C-melody reeds, on their website it says: "Our mission is to equip you to play happily in the key of C."
http://www.aquilasax.com/



--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, Jim <bariaxman@...> wrote:
>
> I found these. http://www.reedstore.com/cmelody.htm
> 
> "No Trees Were Harmed In This Communication, Just A Few Electrons Were Inconvenienced"
> 
> STEVE GOODSON <saxgourmet@...> wrote:
> 
> >Bass clarinet reeds are sized between tenor sax reeds (too large for a C melody) and alto reeds (too small for a C Melody)…..I am not aware that anybody is manufacturing C Melody specify reeds these days…..
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on a Conn, the intonation is right on. It even works well on my alto. L--- In
mouthpiecework@yahoogroups.com,  wrote: Aquilasax has C-melody reeds, on their
website it says: "Our mission is to equip you to play happily in the key of
C."  > \\--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, Jim  wrote: > > > > I found
these.  > > > > "No Trees Were Harmed In This Communication, Just A Few
Electrons Were > Inconvenienced" > > > > STEVE GOODSON  wrote: > > > > >Bass
clarinet reeds are sized between tenor sax reeds (too large for a C > melody)
and alto reeds (too small for a C Melody)…..I am not aware that > anybody is
manufacturing C Melody specify reeds these days….. > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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