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AZsaxDude

12-06-2006, 06:20 PM

so i know little about different mouthpieces and the concept behind them... and i'm thinking i might want to get a new one some time soon... i currently have a selmer s80 c* (the standard selmer one from my understanding)... so if someone could explain to me about tip openings and such so i could understand better i'd be appreciative... oh and i've been playing about 7 years if that makes any difference

cleger

12-06-2006, 06:27 PM

Pete Thomas, a member of SOTW, has a pretty good summary on his website:

Link to Pete Thomas' website (http://www.petethomas.co.uk/saxophone-mouthpieces.html)

Durand

12-08-2006, 01:29 PM

MojoBari

12-08-2006, 03:35 PM

Reed.

DukeCity

12-08-2006, 06:11 PM

Hi:
I have a Brilhart Level air mouthpiece for alto. It comes with two removable plastic baffles. They have a word "up" on it. My question:
This word UP means that this word has to be facing the reed? or facing the roof of the mouthpiece?
Thanx in advance if anybody knows the answer

I'm glad Mojo knew the answer to that one. Reminds me of the old Volkswagen repair book that came out in the '70s. Since the engine in the old Beetles was in the back of the car, it would get confusing when they talked about a part being "in front of" another part. Is that the front of the car or the front of the engine? So in the opening chapter of the book, the author made it clear that "front" would always refer to the front of the car. Throughout the rest of the book, any time a procedure was being described for working on the engine, the phrase "front is front" would appear. :D

Durand

12-08-2006, 07:11 PM

Thanks so much for the reply. I was confused, since when I put the baffles the mouthpiece is upside down, but It is reasonable that Up means up when you are playing the mouthpiece in its normal position,
Glad to know that now,
Luis