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A question about tip size and sound. Are getting mouthpieces brighter with smaller tip size? I had this experience with the D'Addario Jazz Select 6 vs 7 and also with PPT alto 5 vs 6**. I have read somewhere that it is the effect of the reed being closer to the baffle. I seem to remember that the PPT tenor 7 has an adjusted baffle as compared to the bigger openings for that reason.

The metal soprano and alto Absolute mouthpieces really impressed me but the openings included in the passaround were rather big (alto 7*, 0.090; soprano 7, 0.065). While I could blow them a bit less open would be prefered. My current setup is on alto 0.076 and on soprano 0.059. So here are my questions when going smaller:

Absolute
What changes in sound should I expect when going down to 6* (0.081) on alto and 6 (0.060) on soprano?

Passaround participants
Lost track who ordered what. If you ordered a mouthpiece, what type in which opening and was there a differnece of sound compared to the opening in the passaround?

Alphorn
 
Alphorn said:
A question about tip size and sound. Are getting mouthpieces brighter with smaller tip size?
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In my experience, yes. When using the same or a similar reed. But my only professional experience is playing two roughly similar alto pieces. Usually I feel more comfortable with 8/9 tip openings.



Alphorn said:
The metal soprano and alto Absolute mouthpieces really impressed me but the openings included in the passaround were rather big (alto 7*, 0.090; soprano 7, 0.065). While I could blow them a bit less open would be prefered. My current setup is on alto 0.076 and on soprano 0.059. So here are my questions when going smaller:

Absolute
What changes in sound should I expect when going down to 6* (0.081) on alto and 6 (0.060) on soprano?
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Probably the right choice, if you feel that you would benefit from a smaller tip. I even enjoyed that tenor 6*: they are very flexible pieces without the need for a big tip.
 
Well, that was interesting. He only plays alto and tenor, so those were tested. We had a discussion about the sounds of each one, generally agreed. Overall impression was very good mouthpieces. Then he put the SS alto on his YAS 62 and started blowing. Stops, puts the Selmer Soloist on. Blows some more. Puts the Absolute back on. Something very special there. Really good. Huge sound.

Then he gave me the box back with 6 mouthpieces. Oops. Wanted to keep the alto SS.

Guess there's a sale.

But relax Bolding, all 7 are coming to you.
 
Just about an hour ago, the absolute package arrived!😀 I've spend the last 45 minutes staring & glaring at em..

I picked up the alto's for closer examination.

First one was the Stainless Steel:
Beautyfull craftmanship, I really like the rails, wich are nearly paperthin.
The tip however is really fat, wider than the rails in some places.
The baffle is located around 1.5cm's down the slope, with a somewhat big drop at the end, it has some interresting grooves all along the curve.
The chamber looks like a bullet, but with a flowery end? :S Hard to explain as I'm not that familiar with this type of chamber design.
Can't wait to try this one out, reed is wetting as i write.

Now to the Resin:
The resins look very carefully handfinished and it feels really like in the palm of your hand.
The Slope to Chamber window looks very special, I'm very qurious to hear what sound it's gonna produce.
The tip also looks very unique, it's very uneven, but seems to be intentional. At first i thought it was a bad example, but then i examined the tenor and the alto pieces tip's, and they were allmost identical! Seems very experimental, looking forward to it!

There is a little piece of black plast/hard rubber, wich is hanging in the window connecting slope and chamber, if i hold the mpc up to the light, i can see through the piece of plast. I wanted to ask if i can remove this? I wont damage the mouthpiece in any way, i promise, and if i should, i will pay for a new mouthpiece! Imagining using a tootpick to just gently scrape it of...
It's blocking a significant part of the window, so i think it's gonna affect the sound it's gonna produce negatively..

All in all I'm very excited to get to play theese pieces, they all look like high quality instruments! More is coming in a few days time! 🙂
 
Hello Bolding,
I'm glad you like these mouthpieces.
I did not understand what there is in the chamber of those resin, but the soprano has two lateral grooves that end up exactly there, so in the light might be what you see.
In the other there should be no obstacle, then you can try to remove it.
Enjoy!
😉
 
It is only in the alto resin piece it is 🙂 ... It looks like a tiny, tiny mold leak, but i thought it might be intentional, because of all the other new approaches you have to mouthpieces. I'm glad i asked though, gonna go take a look at that sop piece straight away!
 

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