Folks, I bought the proper tool with which to measure these things (thanks to Paul for pointing me to an ebay auction), and I will report on my findings once it arrives here.
-S- On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 7:59 PM, <corno...@aol.com> wrote: > Jeremy wrote: > > "You can have whatever length of taper you'd like. It's the rate of > taper that's important. If the rate of taper of both the leadpipe and > the mouthpice are identical (which is an agreed upon standard), then > your mouthpiece could go in .1" or 2" and it won't make any > difference. That is of course as long as the end of the mouthpiece > and the venturi line up (which, if the rate of taper is the same, they > should)" > > Jeremy, > > The problem with this in practice, is that even though the mouthpiece shank > and the negative taper of the mouthpipe have the same rate of taper, it does > not mean they will line up. > > When you have a certain rate of taper, the dimensions of two pieces lining > up are only similar if they are cut at the correct ( meaning the same > dimensional ) place. > You could theoretically have a mouthpiece with a 0 morse taper on the shank > and a mouthpipe with a 0 morse negative taper, and if cut in the wrong > place along the length of the taper, the mouthpiece might not even fit into > the mouthpipe-- even though they were both the same rate of taper. > > Paul > > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steve.freides%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
