I want to ask you a personal question because I'm embarassed to ask this question to the group. I have found out that I'm in tune with the metronome at A440...
Is there an easy fix for a mouthpiece to make it fit a cork. It's an old yamaha mouthpiece that I have refaced and don't want to recork the mouthpiece or put...
... Hi Keith, Thanks for clarifying post 6636 for me. I normally do not have a problem with altissimo but have been opening up an old rubber Noblet and have...
I'm confused. Can you tune to A = 440 or not? It sounds like you can, but then do you mean that the rest of the notes, or some of the notes are a semitone low?...
There was a study by Joe Wolfe's group at UNSW that showed that for altissimos (in sax at least) it is critical for the player to shape the mouth and throat a...
You can "paint" a layer of epoxy inside the bore of the tenon to make it smaller then sand it smooth. You usually only need to go .010" smaller in diameter...
I think the material does not go past the tip in the baffle. I think the contour goes in the chamber behind the baffle. I prefer to call it contour material...
If you are playing a tenor or soprano saxophone, your "A" will not be the same as A 440. Your "A" is actually a "G". Tune to your note "B", that is the same...
Very clever. To clarify, though, it sounds like you're using stiff polyethylene sheet or other material that won't stick to the epoxy. Is that correct? If so,...
Hi, me congratulate for my fantastic dictionary jahhh Please Eddie no touch your mouthpiece of trade mark first line, if not understood my recommendations,...
If you are referring to a whole and a half step, and you are playing an alto sax then there is no problem. Since the saxophone is in the key of Eb when you...
I cut a strip out of some scrap clear plastic. It is the backing I pull off of the self-adheasive sandpaper that I use for facing work. It needs to be...
I thought I would share with everyone because a lot of people have been sharing with me when I joined. I'm a clarinetist and I would like to know if you all...
AN EASY FIX IS TO USE ONE OR MORE COATS OF CLEAR FINGERNAIL POLISH INSIDE OF THE TENON TO MAKE A LOOSE MOUTHPIECE FIT MORE SNUG - JUST PAINT ENOUGH COATS TO...
All of the fingering charts for the altissimo register of the clarinet show the left hand index finger lifted. Players pick that finger high off the tone...
These were sold on eBay in 2004 in lots of 5. They are very rough and totally unplayable as blanks. Does anyone have a few they want to part with? I'm...
How well partially uncovering 1st tonehole works depends very much on the individual clarinet and set-up. On most clarinets I have played (many) it works fine...
Playing technique, instrument, reed all seeming to contribute something to the production of easy Altissimo. As this is primarily a mouthpiece site, I was...
Yes all of these things go into clarinet playing. Also remember that there are large clarinets from BBb all the way to the tiny Ab clarinet. Each clarinet has...
Is the standard Yamaha mouthpiece hard rubber...ie something I could work on as a blank? What would you suggest as a easily obtained , reasonably priced...
They seem to be a mixture of ground up hard rubber and plastic. I've refaced a couple of these. The chamber design is fairly conservative. The soprano...
... I re-layed one that had a broken tip. It was easy to work on and the dust was a blue/grey colour.The owner says it is his favourite MPC even though I sold...
The "standard" Yamaha mouthpieces are made of a hard composite material. They also make the mouthpiece in ebonite (hard rubber) with the same facings but...
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