My experience is the same. I find a sharp angle just behind the tip rail is best for altissimo, even if the baffle is generally high. Anyway that's me. Toby ...
When measuring facing lengths, the glass gage zero is the very tip of the mouthpiece. So, when you reshape the tip to match a reed, or thin a tip rail, you...
I've been slowly but surely working on one of my two blanks. Since I don't own a rotary tool and have been doing all the baffle work by hand file it takes a...
I have a bari mpc that has been bugging me for a while. The tip rail does not fit the shape of my reeds but it plays fine. The reed seals up with the 'suck...
... below ... I had a similar playing experiance on the blank. I think it would be entertaining to see who could create the best sounding recording using the...
This is a board focused on mouthpiece work, but when diagnosing problems with warbling, for example, let's not forget that there are many factors that...
Just thought I'd share that I found the (soprano) Rovner Eddie Daniels lig PERFECT for these blanks. It has never fit any of my soprano mpcs all that well but...
Thanks Keith. Mistakenly I used to plot tip opening value over zero coordinat. As I understand the facing copying process now, if the tip rail width is...
I think this is tricky. The flatness of the working surface is not the most important thing. It becomes more important as you get to the final flatness. The...
Sand paper digs better by clean granes, they get saturated on the way and higher cristalls may be lost. And any sandpaper is wavy. All of it must contribute to...
For table flattening, and a lot of my facing work, I use Mylar adheasive-backed sandpaper on 3/8" thick glass: 3M Micro Abrasive Film for Scary Sharpening -...
Dear all. I am curious about maximum possible tip surface inclination value. Or the lower table end maximum elevation over a sand paper with approximate total...
I never looked at it this way, but I did some calculations for you. A .110" tenor facing can have an 11 deg angle at the tip if it is radial, 15 deg if it is...
I have found that soprano facing lengths can run as short as15 mm, as long as 20 mm, with 16 mm being about average. These are all as measured with the .0015"...
Thanks Keith, Paul. Again my English failed me. Words are in English, word order and word number from Russian. Thanks for data given, I'll use them all. The...
Paul, I try to make a hand held jig taking care of left and right rail simmetry and it will not obstruct artist's preferences. May I say that 95% mouthpieces...
Those look great. Now for the really stupid question...what increments are those measuring or calibrated to? Also, will there be a sheet explaining its basic...
Hi Keith Well the lapping was successful, and I've been slowly approaching your .084 radius numbers. After lowering the baffle inside the tip last night, it's...
Is this a "*" facing? (4*, 5*, etc). The * facings are very short and difficult in the low register. Lengthen the facing and they are quite nice. Paul...
Paul, As was suggested I did measure the facing and found it to be short. I sold the piece which was untouched instead of taking a chance on not correcting the...
I think that's correct, but some bari pieces are quite long...Rico Metalite is 5.5", Brilhart levelaire is 5.9", Lamberson bari pieces are almost 6". I've...
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