I’m after a little advice on what appears to be a hand made Guardala Tenor piece that has come my way. I have my own opinion on whether or not it is authentic and would value the advice of our group.
 It has a 110thou  tip opening. The tip rail appears to be wider than other hand mades that I.ve encounted. DG is noted for doing thin tip rails.
 It has a 25.8 mm length of lay at the 1.5 thou feeler.
 It has a small chamber with a ring at the end of the shank leading in to the chamber. It has a long fairly high baffle that is similar to an MB2.
 The ramp between the baffle and the chamber is very concave and not convex as in every other one that I have encountered.
 The file marks across the baffle are finer than every other hand made that I have encountered. 
 This plece plays ok with great harmonics. It does not have that huge sound that all the other Guardalas are noted for, probably because of the small chamber.
 I bought a Studio new when they came out and 2 MB’s when they came out. I have since bought a Laser trimmedMB2 and also worked on a clients King. All of these pieces had the ramp leading down to a huge .smooth round chamber that flowed in to the shank.
 Any advice would be appreciated.   Thanks.
 

More photos of different angles would be helpful.

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 11:37 PM, mk6sax@... [MouthpieceWork] <
MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> I’m after a little advice on what appears to be a hand made Guardala Tenor
> piece that has come my way. I have my own opinion on whether or not it is
> authentic and would value the advice of our group.
>
> It has a 110thou  tip opening. The tip rail appears to be wider than
> other hand mades that I.ve encounted. DG is noted for doing thin tip rails.
>
> It has a 25.8 mm length of lay at the 1.5 thou feeler.
>
> It has a small chamber with a ring at the end of the shank leading in to
> the chamber. It has a long fairly high baffle that is similar to an MB2.
>
> The ramp between the baffle and the chamber is very concave and not convex
> as in every other one that I have encountered.
>
> The file marks across the baffle are finer than every other hand made that
> I have encountered.
>
> This plece plays ok with great harmonics. It does not have that huge sound
> that all the other Guardalas are noted for, probably because of the small
> chamber.
>
> I bought a Studio new when they came out and 2 MB’s when they came out. I
> have since bought a Laser trimmedMB2 and also worked on a clients King. All
> of these pieces had the ramp leading down to a huge .smooth round chamber
> that flowed in to the shank.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.   Thanks.
>
>
>  
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www. sakshamamouthpieces.com

Sakaharma, Have you ever seen a hand made original Guardala with a 
chamber like this?
I'm working on more photos. Is there a specific angle that you would like?
Thanks
Ross

I would call it a Studio with a longer than typical baffle.

> On Jun 24, 2015, at 4:03 AM, Ross & Helen McIntyre mk6sax@... [MouthpieceWork] <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> Sakaharma, Have you ever seen a hand made original Guardala with a 
> chamber like this?
> I'm working on more photos. Is there a specific angle that you would like?
> Thanks
> Ross
> 

Yes, chamber like that makes it a Studio. I just need to see more detailed
photos to see if it is an handmade Guardala or somebody's else.


On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Keith Bradbury kwbradbury@...
[MouthpieceWork] <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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>
> I would call it a Studio with a longer than typical baffle.
>
> On Jun 24, 2015, at 4:03 AM, Ross & Helen McIntyre mk6sax@...
> [MouthpieceWork] <MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Sakaharma, Have you ever seen a hand made original Guardala with a
> chamber like this?
> I'm working on more photos. Is there a specific angle that you would like?
> Thanks
> Ross
>
>  
>



-- 
Sakshama

www. sakshamamouthpieces.com