http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/ Sax and Clarinet Mouthpiece Work Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:30:37 GMT flemingml2000 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8407 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8407 This is another time when the unorthodox use of the measuring glass can locate a problem. Stick a wet reed on the underside of a piece of glass (or use the Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:15:27 GMT STEVE GOODSON http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8406 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8406 The cutaway pictures of the full Runyon line was done by East Coast Winds, the Runyon distributor for the UK. They haven’t had this graphic up for many Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:56:01 GMT MojoBari http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8405 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8405 I found the Runyon cut aways and put a copy of it in the Photos - Brochures section. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:36:32 GMT Keith Bradbury http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8404 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8404 Ferron has some pics.  So does the Wyman thesis avialable in the Files - Literature section for download.   I recall seeing a cutaway page of Runyon Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:10:02 GMT Marc Shamasian http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8403 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8403 Theo Wanne has a page about different baffle types on his site. Here's the link:http://www.theowanne.com/mouthpieces101/baffle.php Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:45:19 GMT fidlershorns http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8402 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8402 Does someone have a cut away side view of mouthpieces with the different style baffle shapes that they can post or send the URL for? It would help with 3-d Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:21:39 GMT Edward McLean http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8401 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8401 ... Thank you Keith & Lancelot for your helpful replies. I will do as you say, with care and frequent test blowing. I appreciate this site very much, for the Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:33:11 GMT John http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8400 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8400 Do you mean the pitch when the mouthpiece and neck are played without the sax? What is the taper in degrees of the Martin neck you are using, and what is the Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:54:22 GMT MartinMods http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8399 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8399 "I have levelled the table, reinstated the lay and narrowed the tip rail. This has effectively raised the wedge baffle, making the area immediately behind the Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:42:01 GMT MartinMods http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8398 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8398 The frs of the missing cone, based upon the body taper of my Martin Handcraft alto, is a good concert Ab. ________________________________ From: John Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:38:33 GMT Keith Bradbury http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8397 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8397 A good time to take the baffle down behind the tip rail is just before or while you are working on shaping the tip rail width.  Doing it later, you risk Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:58:36 GMT Edward McLean http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8396 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8396 ... Your successful experiment Bill prompts me to ask the group for advice on my Chinese metal tenor MPC, which I think is a Selmer type clone. I have Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:45:45 GMT kymarto123@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8395 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8395 I don't know how John measured the neck, but it is worth mentioning that many saxes are "necked-in", which means that the very end of the neck is substantially Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:57:27 GMT John http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8394 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8394 The volume of the "sub system" as you call it is substantially smaller than the missing cone calculated from the taper of the body tube. The natural resonant Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:50:03 GMT John http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8393 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/8393 The neck has a physical length. The mouthpiece properly proportioned and properly placed on the cork becomes a "stand in" for the missing cone and hence takes