[TPIN] Re: TPIN Bending mouthpieces

[John Cather]

I decided to bend mpc's for myself after David Monette suggested it  
to me. I bent the first by whacking it. It worked. The second mpc, I  
tried that way, broke. So I called Jon Lewis who is experienced in  
bending mpcs. He said first to anneal the bend area. (heat it up to  
dull red hot and let cool). Then use a vise and rods to slowly bend  
to the exact angle you want. One rod goes at the place of the bend  
and the other(s) on the other side of the mpc on either side of the  
bend area. I have done several more this way with good results.

John Cather


On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:48:55, "Robert DeSavage"  
<beaglebob6192 at comcast.net> wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:48:55 -0400
> From: "Robert DeSavage" <beaglebob6192 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [TPIN] Bending mouthpieces
> To: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joel Nielsen" <hornboy655 at msn.com>
> To: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 8:03 PM
> Subject: [TPIN] Bending mouthpieces
>
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> Awhile back there was a thread about bent mouthpieces and several  
>> people
>> wrote about the various methods they had used to accomplish it. I  
>> believe
>> there was one that described using a vise somehow, without  
>> striking the
>> mouthpiece with a mallet. Unfortunately, I lost track of those  
>> emails and
>> was wondering if anyone could help. Sorry for not paying closer  
>> attention
>> the first time - email me off-list if you wish.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Joel
>
> I can't give an explanation of how it's done, but somewhat  
> interesting is a
> blurb that I read about George Rock of the Spike Jones orchestra  
> fame who
> had a mouthpiece bent to a point where he could play his trumpet at  
> a right
> angle. Apparently, it didn't have any major adverse effect on what  
> came out
> of the end of the horn.
> BOB