On Jun 19, 2008, at 10:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:10:54 -0700 (PDT)
from: Steven Mumford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: [Hornlist] mouthpiece rim size
In addition to whether you have thick or thin lips, you might
notice how the mouthpiece rim diameter fits the witdth of your
teeth. Does the rim hit right in the middle of your 2 front
teeth? At the edge? Beyond the edge? That measurement is going
to be different for each person and I'm imagining that some
locations are going to be more comfortable than others. Maybe even
more important than the shape of the lips?
- Steve Mumford
Hi Steve and all,
These are all important points. This is why someone like Tom Greer,
who is a horn player himself, can be so helpful if you can work with
him in person. Whether or not one thing is more important than the
others doesn't interest me that much. I would say that it starts with
the ID, which is not set in stone, and goes through the rim shape for
the other details. I don't like to make orders of things. It all goes
together.
For those of you coming to Denver, you will me able to meet and talk
to Tom, Bob Osmun and others like myself, who will be talking about
these issues. I am bringing my collection of wide ID mouthpieces. I
will also be demoing the London Cup series from Osmun with Bob, in my
room. We may even have a talk on the subject of good mouthpiece fit
during one of the days in my room. If I am there, ask me.
For those of you on the fence about coming to Denver, consider that
gas prices are not going to get lower two years from now, you will
never find the variety of horns and related things in one place in
the next two years and the ability to talk with the soloists,
exhibitors and various "horn people" will also be two years away,
again. For some things, like the attendee fees, we have Mastercard.
The rest: priceless.
:-)
Sincerely,
Wendell Rider
For information about my book, "Real World Horn Playing", the DVDs
and Regular and Internet Horn Lessons go to my website: http://
www.wendellworld.com
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