Well I just called Ferrees and Int'nalMusicSupply hoping to buy a measuring plate for mouthpiece work. Ferree's states that Ralph is way behind and they don't...
You guys are tough. At least the few that responded are. I deleted the Gato spam and the follow-up discussion. I have also changed the membership setting to...
Didn't bother me in the slightest, it isn't hard to hit the delete button manually. Later God Bless Bootman Richard Booth www.bootmanmusic.com ... From: Keith...
I've had this problem on another group before (one that I moderate). Sometimes it seems that Yahoo changes your settings for you so that people can get in...
... Yahoo Members who's interest or purpose is unclear (we email them asking for details of their Bass Sax interests and never hear from them.)<< ... Not all...
Bass sax Spam from Arab countries? I know for a fact that Spam is a no-no in their diet. They risk losing a body part for that. Actually, I've been in a...
Yes. Wyman experimented with alto mouthpieces and found some benefits to the reed tip being nearer to the centerline of the bore. Some of my favorite...
Sounds like hype to me. There is only a very slight effect from things like the bow curve in a sax, so how could this make any difference? Toby ... From: Mike...
Really? I wonder what causes that.... Toby ... From: Keith Bradbury To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 6:34 AM Subject: Re:...
I'll have to re-read his paper to see if he speculated why it was significant. I think it more closely approximates the missing part of the sax cone. I'm not...
Hi Keith, I wonder what sort of controls he used. Knowing how significant bore dimensions are I think it would be hard to reproduce them exactly with two...
In my opinion the major effect will come from the change in playing angle. The playing angle for sure has a effect on sound. This geometry will suit me...
Received the following yesterday, in an email from Dr. Wyman, in response to my asking how to obtain a copy of his Ph.D. dissertation: "Michael... you can...
Thanks Mike, I've gotta admit I'm not real anxious to shell out $37 to read this, interesting though I'm sure it is. If anyone gets a copy please let us know...
Thanks Keith, That's very interesting. As a dyed-in-the-wool skeptic I can't help but think however that twelve mpcs is not a very large sample. I also imagine...
Toby, it sounds to me like you would really like to read this. I'm sure you have more money sunk into some mouthpieces you are not using. Sell one and get...
I recently got a new mouthpiece for my Conn 12M bari. It has a moderately,but not extremely high baffle, and it plays very well. However intonation is...
Hi! I today tried the following thing: I bought a box of forming wax, usable for children... The I did a baffle for my tenor tone master piece (105 tip...
Try a Lamberson, an RPC or any mpc with a medium large to large chamber. You can used baffled mpcs but the chamber needs to be medium large to large for the...
... HZ, 1 cm less than without the baffle...<<< The amount you had to pull out should be similar to what was needed to recover the chamber volume you lost by...
Some modern mouthpiece have extra-long shanks to help with this problem. The Runyon Quantums are one. __________________________________________________ Do you...
... I have to shove my Link 7* hard rubber soprano mouthpiece really far down on the neck to get it to play in tune. Even then, after the horn warms up, it...
My Link 7*, modern metal Link on the Buescher 256K Sop is 2/3 the way down the cork to play in tune. I have found that this mpc is very loud, quite bright and...
... down on the neck to get it to play in tune. Even then, after the horn warms up, it plays flat in the middle register. Would putting a modest baffle into...