If the mouth piece is more or less corresponding with the instrument, THE PLAYER HAS TO ADAPT HIS LIPS (better said: has to get his lips used to the mouthpiece) TO THE MOUTHPIECE.
Admitted, there are some better designed mouth pieces today than in the past. Better designed means here that some curves are better rounded or better edged, and it means, that the mouth pieces are better manufactured or produced with more precision (computer designed plus computer commanded machining). It is a fatal ERROR, to BUY everything adapted to the single individual AND that it will WORK without investing much ENERGY on the players side. Playing a brass instrument - depending on the standard of playing desired -- is not the same as walking on the street with a made-to-measure suit. Playing the horn is not a "buy & run" affair. If one doesn´t make his daily home work for many years, horn, teeth, mouth piece, altered lips - all will not produce a reasonable player. There is more to do. Listen & practise. And this remains a life long "affair", as long as you play the horn. ========================================================= -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benno Heinemann Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 11:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] Mouthpiece specialist Hello, there is a chap not far from here, in Holland I think, who will in exchange for about 30 Euros measure your mouth Teeth and Lips and tell you what Mouthpiece you should use. My first Thought is that this is Nonsense but perhaps this is in error of me. Hence the following Questions: Are there many such Specialists perhaps in the USA? Does anyone believe we should allow another to select a Mouthpiece for us baseing only on physiologic Measureing? Does this service have even a limited Value to the learning Hornplayer? best Wishes, Benno Heinemann http://people.freenet.de/bennoheinemann/ _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans.pizka%40t-online.de _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
