[TPIN] 13A4A question

[Tim Phillips]

I believe it was the reference (you edited out) calling it a "little 
golf-tee-with-a-hole" and then having the audacity to saying he expected 
some "smart-a answers".  That's like black calling the kettle pot.

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. 

Not every pair of shoes is for every pair of feet.  Not every mouthpiece 
is for every pair of lips/playing style/sonic demands/breathing 
habits.   It's a frackin tool for goodness sakes - Find what works for 
you and use it.  They aren't meant to work for everyone - or else there 
would just be one model. 

I've endured the arrogance of idiots who refer to specialized 
mouthpieces as "cheaters" for years - and still get an amount of crap 
from morons who believe you shouldn't play anything on anything but a Bb 
trumpet when in legit circumstances.  Horns and mouthpieces are tools - 
you use the one that gets the best result for the gig you're doing right 
then.  All other arguments are just silly hyperbole.

Find the tool that works for you - it probably won't be the tool that 
works for the guy sitting beside you - unless you are in beginning band 
and everyone has a 7C - but there have been several responses in many 
threads of late that remind me of the good old days of 1969, the sixth 
grade...

Here endeth the lesson.

St Timothy Phillips of Magnesia, Patron Saint of the Constipated
iplatrpt at unifourbrass.org
http://www.unifourbrass.org

Glenn Bengry wrote:
>  but is it me and/or my embouchure, or > does anyone else find the 13A4A almost unplayable? > > Steve (just curious) Klingel> > > >  Sorry, but you and the others who seem to need to put down that > mouthpiece (and other smaller pieces)
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