Bari practice and PPT mouthpiece

[saxyjt]

So my exam's being done, I have decided to get back to the big guys. Tenor and Baritone. After a couple of mouths focussing on soprano and alto, I felt the need to lower my voice.

To make it even better, my wife is away so I can make all the noise I want in any key! Lately, I've had complaints when I practiced long tones on tenor and my baritone practice was not very well received the last time I had it.

Anyways. I had a great baritone session today. Started with my Berg Larsen 115/2 mouthpiece and enjoyed it. Then I thought I should give my Otto Link a go, but it was not as convincing, so I came back to the Berg, then switched the reeds. I started with a customized Alexander NY 2.5 on the Berg, then picked a RJS 3H for my OL 6*. Still very good with the Berg but no joy with the OL. I almost stopped there, but it felt so good I couldn't help but pick my PPT Signature 7, with a Marca Jazz 2. The softest reed I have. Wow, that went very well. So I tried the modified Alexander NY 2.5 and it's been great too. Not perfect. I left the road a few times, but that was nothing compared to what I used to do. I'm starting to feel the potential of that mouthpiece.

I think I'll have another bari session tomorrow before my wife comes back!

I have a feeling that I missed something. So I urgently need to have another go at it!

 

[Jeanette]

Have fun, I've not played at home since Tuesday, I'm just having my morning cuppa deciding what to play today

It will probably be sop

Jx

 

[GJ77]

There aren't enough hours in the day to play them all. I've got a tenor gig today but ever since my alto had a thorough service a couple of weeks ago (and I got a different mouthpiece which I'm loving), that's all I want to play. I haven't touched my Bari in weeks.

 

[kevgermany]

Got my Bari back on Friday after getting the neck refitted and a pants guard made up. Off to play it now

 

[saxyjt]

a pants guard made up.

Is it to protect your pants from the Bari or the other way around?

 

[Ivan]

Got my Bari back on Friday after getting the neck refitted and a pants guard made up.

I've just googled "Baritone sax in y-fronts" but the results are disappointingly safe for work

 

[saxyjt]

Not a serious practice session on bari tonight, but wife being out for a girly night, , I'm with the younger males of the family and free to play later than usual, especially as the kids don't go to school tomorrow, I had a late want for a quick test.

While I went downstairs to get another glass of rosé from the 'cubi' in the second fridge, I remembered I have a bari Fibracell 2.5 reed that might be a good match for my Berg Larsen mouthpiece.

Well, I was quite right. It does sound like a good match. Only trouble, I suspect it is with any Fibracell reed, is that it tends to move too easily between the lig and the mpc. So I'm curious to know if there is a way to avoid that. In other words, prevent the reed from slipping sideways.

 

[kevgermany]

Not being flippant, either tighten the lig more, or get a better fitting one. On Bari PPT I use a Faxx which Pete used to sell modified to fit. On tenor I've been using a Marc Jean for years. He does make for the bari PPT, there's a thread about it if you search.

Musique de Marc

 

[saxyjt]

Thanks Kev. That was not on the PPT, but a Berg Larsen that requires a tenor lig. I used a BG Super Revelation that has a brass plate and that doesn't help. I tried the standard one today with a rubber plate and it help hold the reed in place. I still have to try that on the PPT, but I was called for an emergency. The BBQ was waiting for me to get started... It's ascension week-end here, and a country wide 'viaduc', bridge or whatever you might call it when you link a bak holiday to the adjacent week-end! Probably a French specialty! We're always prompt to take advantage ot the situation to stop working...

So, if I'm not too busy preparing the next BBQ, I'll probably get back to my bari+PPT practice tomorrow before the America's Cup qualifiers get underway.

I'm in Bermuda mood these days and the weather is here to support that!

 

[saxyjt]

Took me until today and wearing bermuda* shorts too, to finally try my fibracell 2.5 reed with the PPT mouthpiece and it's working great. So I think, I'll stick to that setup on bari for a while, until I have it really under control.

But before that, I'm trying to keep cool until the action starts in Bermuda! Half an hour from now...

 

[Ivan]

when you link a bak holiday to the adjacent week-end! Probably a French specialty

A friend from Italy tells me they 'bridge' into weekends there too