[TPIN] Mouthpiece selection

[Glenn Bengry]

Brian and Dave and mates, 
 
    The 7E is a fairly narrow rim too.  I can play a 7EW well but not the 7E.  Part of the reason I just mentioned in my previous post about standard(ish rims) is that they don't slope off very much at all on the outer edge(shoulder) of the mpc.  since the majority of players are downstream to some degree(the have an overbite), they will need to pivot slightly(or more) as they play higher.  The EW rims allow much more support in general and especially as one pivots to play higher.
 
    This support/pivot/angle issue may be the single biggest obstacle for many players to developing a strong and solid, predictable, consistent upper register.  The wedge deals with that even more than the EW rims on a bach mouthpiece.  The W rims might help a lot of guys with their playing on a Bach mpc.  One of the complaints is that the Bach rims are often thin and sharp.   Anybody else have experience with the W rims.  Anyone play a 3EW? Do they exist? do they play good? I have a 7EW and a 10 3/4 CW and a New York 7CW,  all very nice rims for me.
 
     Btw, my old teacher, Billy Horner used to play a 3C.  He had a screw rim done of his 3C and would put that rim on a D underpart to play lead with.  Some of you have heard this clip but it is Billy playing lead on a live Gladys Knight outdoor venue concert in the late 70's here in Detroit.  They lost the tapes for  a long time but then found them and released these as "The lost album" I believe.   This is Billy playing on one of 3 original prototype Getzen Severinson Eternas with a Bach 3C rim and 3D undperpart.  
 
     www.detroitmusicians.net/pineknob.mp3
 
 
 
BTW, Dave, I've heard Brian play on hundreds of small mouthpieces!  Hundreds of big ones too!  You'll be surprised to know that he still sounds like Brian.
 
glenn
 
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x> The 3E , I agree, would be a logical choice except that every 3E that I > have ever seen has a had a very narrow rim with a very round bite. If it > were a 3C rim on an E cup I would highly recommend it for a 3C players first > shallow mouthpiece.> > I used to play wide mouthieces but have seen the light. Only for legit. > No more Schilke 18 with a shallow cup copies for me (DeNicola). I played an > 18A4b for several years but have since learned how to use smaller, and > easier to play, mouthpieces for lead and piccolo.> >