bachstrad72

I considered starting a new thread, but when I looked through the TM archives I saw a thread title that expressed exactly what I was trying to say. As some of you on here know, for years I have been unhappy with just about every mouthpiece I put up to my lips. Every rim I ever used was just far too round, or if the rim was flat enough it didn't have enough bite. So I was stuck trying to find a livable balance between a flat rim without enough bite, or a rim with enough bite but was too thin or round. I was then reading an old JazzTimes magazine that had an interview with Ron Miles, Doc Cheatham, Terence Blanchard, and Clark Terry. In the interview, Clark described his mouthpiece as a very flat rim with a sharp bite and a deep cup. FINALLY, someone was describing exactly what I wanted. Then a new problem arose. Clark's mouthpiece was a custom Giardinelli, which you can't get anymore. And being that it was a custom model, that made the mouthpiece very rare, adding in the fact that that mouthpiece would be a valuable piece of memorabilia to any Clark fan, I had about a snowball's chance in h@## of finding one. I still kept looking. Then I got a head's up, from Trent Austin, that Mark Curry had a digital scan of CT's mouthpiece on file. I contacted Mark as soon as I could and after a smooth as glass transaction, I had my new mouthpiece in hand very quickly. I LOVE IT! The rim is what I have been looking for for years. I am now going to see about getting this rim put on some other bottoms to make it more usable for legit things and maybe even picc. I just wanted to publically thank Mark Curry for his great products and customer service, and to concur with Trent, who sings Mark's praises on here often!!

Perry Sutton