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Castle Bravo · 02-04-2007, 11:00 AM

Wow.

I played on a mouthpiece similar to a 10.5D for years, and it was awesome - but I had played on bigger mouthpieces in the past and knew that I didn't have the flexibility that I once had.
Soooo, I tried a jump to the 3c. I failed. It hurt - a lot. I wound up on a mouthpiece bigger that what I was using (Kanstul modified B6), but it was no 3c.

Bobby Shew's advice is to play on the smallest mouthpiece that still allows a big rich sound and enables you to do everything you want to do. Read that last sentence again and pay special emphasis to the part that says "....still allows a big rich sound and enables you to do everything you want to do."

The answer may be bigger - or smaller than you think.

02-04-2007, 11:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
Castle Bravo Piano User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Uijongbu, Korea Posts: 279	Re: 3c Ouch! Wow. I played on a mouthpiece similar to a 10.5D for years, and it was awesome - but I had played on bigger mouthpieces in the past and knew that I didn't have the flexibility that I once had. Soooo, I tried a jump to the 3c. I failed. It hurt - a lot. I wound up on a mouthpiece bigger that what I was using (Kanstul modified B6), but it was no 3c. Bobby Shew's advice is to play on the smallest mouthpiece that still allows a big rich sound and enables you to do everything you want to do. Read that last sentence again and pay special emphasis to the part that says "....still allows a big rich sound and enables you to do everything you want to do." The answer may be bigger - or smaller than you think. __________________ Gary Wilder Last edited by Castle Bravo; 02-04-2007 at 11:13 AM.