-I'm using a half round file to work on the baffle area using a side to side or
diagonal stroke. Often I get the scratches. Someone I watched working on a
mouthpiece of mine used steel wool 00 with bore oil to smooth things. It doesn't
remove those scratches. Any suggestions for that area right behind the tip
rail? -- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Vaccaro" <mike@...> wrote:
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> I have found that even scratches made by the file effect the tone and response
negatively. I make sure to finish clarinet and sax mouthpiece baffles to a
really flat surface with fine abrasives and Flitz.
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> Mike Vaccaro
> www.MandMmouthpieces.com
> www.VaccaroandStevensWoodwinds.Com
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