[TPIN] Asymmmetric mpcs - update

[Daniel W. Shipman]

Glenn,

I think this mpc would require a completely new embouchure setup for  
me, and at this point in my career, it is doubtful I would have two  
weeks, or longer, to adapt to such a change. Nick D. told me that he  
adjusted to them almost immediately. I feel that any equipment change  
that a professional player makes cannot set the player back too far,  
that is, if they want the guarantee that the work will continue. (I  
also do a lot of musician contracting in the Houston area, so I've  
had to function on both sides of the fence in that regard.) Plus, I  
would have no guarantee that it would work after going through such a  
change. I'd be happy to send you the opera model. Send me your  
contact info directly and we'll go from there. I'm glad you've been  
able to make this mpc design work. I always like hearing success  
stories. And please let me re-emphasize, I think this mpc is  
ingenious. I could only wish it would have worked for me.

Dan Shipman

On Oct 15, 2007, at 11:45 AM, Glenn Bengry wrote:

> Dan,
>
>      You are obviously an experienced player, but I'm not sure that  
> you nor many others of us can learn how to play a mouthpiece in a  
> few minutes or an hour or something, especially one as different as  
> this one
>
>      If you had a week or two where you weren't under the gun to  
> perform you could spend at least that much time to learn how to  
> play that mouthpiece.   I know a lot of guys that couldn't play  
> some mouthpiece at all when they first played it, but kept at it.   
> They eventually adapted and now will never use anything else.
>
>    If it were me I'd keep em and play with them down the road  
> sometime.
>
>     If you don't want your Opera model, send it to me!!
>
> glenn
>
> x
>
> x
> > To: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
> > From: danshipman at earthlink.net
> > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:53:26 -0500
> > Subject: [TPIN] Asymmmetric mpcs - update
> >
> > Thanks to those who chimed in last week on this thread. (I've
> > purposely added an "m" to "asymmetric" to make up for the one I left
> > out of the original thread last week. I kept wondering why that
> > colored line under the word would not go away.) I rec'd the three
> > mpcs on Saturday. Bottom line: It does not work for me.