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Join the circle. Note how well the mouthpiece is already shaped. Keeping the approximate size and shape of the final hole in mind during this first stage saves lots of correcting later on.
Saxophone Mouthpiece Facing Charts
This information was copied verbatim from the 1995/1996 price list of The Saxophone Shop Ltd, 2834 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201.
The top line of each chart describes the opening in thousandths of an inch.
Charts are available for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Baritone mouthpieces.
1) the instrument is powered by wind which forces a reed to vibrate
2) sound energy from the reed is coupled to the bore by a mouthpiece
3) pitch is determined by the variable length of the conical or cylindrical bore
4) the mouthpiece and bore act like a sympathetic, pitch-selective (harmonic) resonator
While it seems as though all of th
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e tone is created by the saxophone or clarinet as a complete system, in truth all of the sound is produced by, AND-ONLY-BY, the reed. No matter what the instrument sounds like - mellow,Warburton Trombone Mouthpiece Catalog
The WARBURTON system facilitates the brass player’s choosing of a mouthpiece with the optimum combination of rim diameter, cup style and depth, and backbore.
This unique ability allows a player to fit together a mouthpiece that will best balance sound and resistance with his own instrument.
The choices available with the WARBURTON system will afford one the most efficient mouthpiece with which to perform in any given playing situation.
o. 4 is the throat, generally cylindrical in shape and having straight or almost straight sides. The throat extends in length from perhaps 1/8 inch or less back to as much as 3/4 inch. No. 5 is the backbore, that part of the mouthpiece which extends from the throat to the lower end of the mouthpiece.