Mouthpieces Mouthpiece Mathematics

[Luluna]

After 30 years of playing on a #4 reed - I went out on a limb, took Mr. Thomas' kind advice - and ordered a Selmer Soloist E mp and a softer reed (2.5) the sound is amazing....

Here's the mouthpiece math word problem (100pts) -

If an E facing with a 2.5 reed sounds amazing on a Buescher Alto, what combination might provide similar results on a 1974 Selmer Mark VII tenor (currently played with #4 reeds on a Meyer MP marked Medium with a 5 tip opening)?

 

[Pete Thomas]

After 30 years of playing on a #4 reed - I went out on a limb, took Mr. Thomas' kind advice - and ordered a Selmer Soloist E mp and a softer reed (2.5) the sound is amazing....

Here's the mouthpiece math word problem (100pts) -

If an E facing with a 2.5 reed sounds amazing on a Buescher Alto, what combination might provide similar results on a 1974 Selmer Mark VII tenor (currently played with #4 reeds on a Meyer MP marked Medium with a 5 tip opening)?

Well, I like a wide tip (I use 125) with softish reeds on tenor. That's a 9* which is quite big.

However I use relatively smaller tips on alto. (6 or 7) and still fine with 2.5 reeds.

 

[kevgermany]

Mouthpiece opening in *s is proportional to the sqaure of the volume.

So remembering that the sax is a cone (approx), derive a formula expressing the volume in terms of length, approximating pi as 22/7 if you wish. Include a factor c to account for mouthpiece chamber size and t to account for tone hole volume.

f(l) = v

integrate with respect to l (derive your own limits) and multiply the alto tip opening by Vtenor/Valto To obtain the desired result. Reduce reed strength by 0.5 for each star increase in tip opening. As you're aware reed strength can also be expressed as a second order differential of l, for values where sinl = tanl

 

[gladsaxisme]

Hi Lulu

Thanks for your reply in your previous thread I'm glad you've sorted your mpc problem.Shortly after posting to you my reed decided to give up the ghost so I set about sorting out another.I tried dozens couldn't get one to work then thinking of your mpc problem I remembered a 4c I had ,so I rooted it out it had a vandoren 3 in it I put it on the sax and I couldn't believe it was better than anything else I had tried I changed the 3 for a rico 2.5 and low and behold in the words of Hamster Hammond I am a Saxophone God or maybe not but the difference was amazing.The 4c is incredible.(Hamster may take a bit of explaining )...John:thankyou:

 

[h4yn0nnym0u5e]

in the words of Hamster Hammond I am a Saxophone God

You mean you can play loud enough to destroy a caravan?:welldone

Cheers

Jonathan

 

[RobatBlueRock]

The only sax formula I know....

"the heat of the meat is directly proportional to the angle of the dangle, assuming the urge to be constant"