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Originally Posted by Vulgano Brother  I've found Curry's Z cup works really well -- it's based on the Schilke A cup, but I've never bottomed out on it (unlike the 14A4a), and with the Curry blank and a Megasleeve, it provides a respectable amount of warmth from mf on down. |
It takes an amazing amount of lip in the cup to bottom out on a Schilke 14a4a, since the 14a4a is deeper than the 12a4a, and the 12a4a is deeper than the 13a4a.
Are you an upstream or downstream player?
Was it your upper lip or lower lip that bottomed out?
What percentage of your lip in the cup is upper lip versus lower lip?
I'm not criticizing.
As an upstream player who plays a Schilke 14a4 I'm just trying to learn from other people's experiences.
(When I used a different mouthpiece placement 35 years ago I used to bottom out on a 13a4a, but I recently discovered that I can now play the 13a4a if I want because I now play closer to the center of the cup)
- morris