[TPIN] 13A4A question

[Daniel,John]

I've had a lot of students end up on the 12a4A.  A big cup 
diameter and a shallow cup don't really go together and 
create the same effect as a smaller diameter with a 
shallow cup.

I'm convinced that most of us could learn to play a lot of 
different mouthpieces given enough practice time.
John




On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:51:18 EDT
  Vaxtrpts at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 9/24/2007 10:39:10 P.M. Pacific 
>Daylight Time,  
> sklingel at comcast.net writes:
> 
> Someone  a few days ago mentioned they were trying to 
>find a happy medium 
> between a 3C  and a 13A4A I believe. It seems to me 
>there's a world of difference 
> between  the two. On my own great mouthpiece search 
>(mainly on Schilkes, due 
> to  J.Donaldson's advice -good quality, consistent, and 
>reasonably priced)  co
> ncluded with a satisfying settling-on of a 12B4.
> I tried a bunch from a  9C4 to a 15C4.  I could NOT 
>believe the difference 
> between a 14A4A (which  I like) and the little 
>golf-tee-with-a-hole 13A4A. (I'll 
> expect a few smart-a  answers here:), but is it me 
>and/or my embouchure, or 
> does anyone else find  the 13A4A almost unplayable? I 
>can only imagine what a 
> 6A4 is like. (And yes,  I do like the feel of the 
>Schilke 4 rim, in case you 
> noticed.)
> 
> Steve  (just curious) Klingel
> 
> 
> 
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> Well, lets see, Steve.  For many years, the 13A4a was 
>Schilke's best  selling 
> mouthpiece.  I made a lot of recordings on that 
>mouthpiece, as did  John 
> Harner and any other number of lead players.  It was 
>also a favorite  mouthpiece 
> to "customize" and there are many other off shoot 
>mouthpieces out  there to 
> this day.
> I still play a mouthpiece that comes from that original 
>design, but Joe  
> Marcinkiewicz has made a few alterations over the past 
>few years.  And  guess 
> what?  The mouthpiece that I play on now is a little bit 
>smaller than  the 13A4a 
> was.  Sorry, but you and the others who seem to need to 
>put down  that 
> mouthpiece (and other smaller pieces) may not be able to 
>play on it,  but according to 
> the numbers that Schilke had sold back when I was still 
>with  them, between 
> 1971 and 1991, they sold at least 20,000 of them.   I 
>guess somebody must be 
> able to use it.  
> Will this ever end?
> Mike Vax
> 
> 
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