Of course you are logically correct in this - as the old saying goes- A place for everything and everything in it's place. Only wish I could follow it...
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Gustavo Torres
riguto01
Feb 1, 2012 3:21 pm
You are right. I really have to "5S" my garage as soon as possible........
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Matthew Voss
mavoss97
Feb 1, 2012 5:27 pm
Are the brass and HR tenor pieces the same design? The two clips sound REALLY close! The general character is quite similar. The HR piece sounds a little...
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STEVE GOODSON
saxgourmet
Feb 1, 2012 6:03 pm
it's very difficult (although certainly possible) to produce a comparison recording for internet use that is accurate at a reasonable expense using tools most...
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MartinMods
lancelotburt
Feb 1, 2012 8:14 pm
Great audio demos Morgan. Some of the best I've heard and I'm sure the investment was mostly in compensating the excellent players. They do your...
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Morgan
frymorgan
Feb 1, 2012 8:20 pm
The CAD model of the chamber is the same, but I finish the HR a little differently. Sure, Dave's playing it less aggressively, but everyone who picks one up...
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Morgan
frymorgan
Feb 1, 2012 11:28 pm
Cheers Lance. I'm really happy with how they sound as well. I think I'm very fortunate to know generous people who like my work and are smokin players with...
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STEVE GOODSON
saxgourmet
Feb 6, 2012 6:35 pm
We've had a record number of people sign up so far, but there's still room for more.....where else you gonna get to spend a weekend with Jerome Selmer, Theo...
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Kevin Elliott
kevinelliott
Feb 7, 2012 6:05 am
Steve Will you stop spamming us with this. This is not an advertising forum, it's a discussion group. From: saxgourmet@... Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:34:48...
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Sunny
sunny_stutzman
Feb 7, 2012 8:47 pm
Hi Guys, This is my first post as I am a complete amateur to this refacing business. I, like most Link lovers purchased a NY Link a couple of years ago from a...
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MartinMods
lancelotburt
Feb 7, 2012 9:29 pm
Great. Let's hear it!  ... From: Sunny <sunnystutzman@...> Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Bad Link... Good Link To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com ...
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Kenneth
kkshaw43
Feb 9, 2012 4:00 pm
The Santa Cecilia Musical Instrument Museum has a small but interesting group of photos of old clarinets and in particular a number of old mouthpieces....
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Kenneth
kkshaw43
Feb 9, 2012 4:06 pm
... Oops. Go to <http://museo.santacecilia.it/museo/cms.find?munu_str=0_2_0&numDoc=13&flagfind=quickAccess&type=9> and search on clarinetto. Ken Shaw...
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Morgan
frymorgan
Feb 9, 2012 11:57 pm
I'm doing a little experiment to see whether people can tell the difference between otherwise identical metal and non-metal mouthpieces. I mean, everybody...
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MartinMods
lancelotburt
Feb 10, 2012 12:57 am
Cool Morgan. I tried it. One observation I offer from my experience making my own recordings: Minor differences in microphone placement/angle/distance to...
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Morgan
frymorgan
Feb 10, 2012 6:53 am
That's a fair point. OTOH, if there's a significant difference, the effect shouldn't be dominated by things like slight differences in phrasing or mic...
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MartinMods
lancelotburt
Feb 10, 2012 9:27 am
I didn't notice a significant difference, so I was left picking up on little details..:-) ... From: Morgan <frymorgan@...> Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Re:...
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Morgan
frymorgan
Feb 10, 2012 8:30 pm
I have revised the test now, including the original wav files. You might notice a different difference.0...
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MartinMods
lancelotburt
Feb 10, 2012 9:29 pm
I think material differences are more noticeable to the player than the listener anyway. ... From: Morgan <frymorgan@...> Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Re:...
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Steve Keller
esteban_cadenza
Feb 10, 2012 10:15 pm
I took the test, listening with a pair of decent headphones to the MP3 files. My score was 50%. Which is good, from my standpoint, as I am one of those that...
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MartinMods
lancelotburt
Feb 10, 2012 11:17 pm
Likewise, I listened to a bar or two at a time. More than just tone, I found differences in the pitch and attack transients of the typical "problem notes" to...
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Morgan
frymorgan
Feb 11, 2012 10:13 am
Rest assured the internal geometry is the same, to within probably .001". I ran these pieces back to back, same program, fixtures, cutters -- they're as...
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mnordinnc
Feb 11, 2012 2:32 pm
I took the quiz admittedly under the worst circumstances (crap headphones and mp3). But I listened only for sound because things like intonation, attack, and...
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MartinMods
lancelotburt
Feb 11, 2012 7:51 pm
Wall vibrations make the air column behave effectively smaller that it is physically. The equivalent volumes are definitely different. ... From: Morgan...
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Morgan
frymorgan
Feb 12, 2012 3:47 pm
That hadn't even occurred to me, except to consider that possibly if the tip vibrates enough it could increase fuctional volume by acting like a second reed to...
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MartinMods
lancelotburt
Feb 12, 2012 9:44 pm
Excessive wall vibrations alter the effective cross-sectional size of the air column for resonances according to frequency relationships. Resonances with...
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dandjmars@...
danielmarste...
Feb 13, 2012 1:42 am
Last summer I got an old (@1948?) metal Link in a trade. Now it has become my favorite and I use it for everything. It is pretty much down to bare brass (a...
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Sakshama Koloski
sakshama2
Feb 13, 2012 2:44 am
Speak to Doc Frazier at: http://www.jandjwoodwinds.com/ I have sent mouthpieces for plating to him and they came back with the exact facing specifications I...
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MojoBari
kwbradbury
Feb 15, 2012 1:23 am
I'm a fan of Doc's work too....
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Morgan
frymorgan
Feb 15, 2012 12:18 pm
Very interesting. Do you recall where Benade has written about this? I know we can always test in the normal way to see how well the volume/frequency matches...
