Several of the books on woodwind acoustics state that the volume inside the mouthpiece (in the area past the end of the neck) should closely match the volume of the "missing cone" if the sax neck were continued to an imaginary apex in order to work properly. In his book "The Saxophone is my Voice" Ernest Ferron describes this in detail and gives a method to measure and compute the area of the "missing cone".
It would follow that a larger bore saxophone would have a larger missing cone area that would be satisfied by a mouthpiece with a larger chamber. It should be noted that the "effective" mouthpiece volume is a bit difficult to measure because it involves the area where the reed vibrates as well as the space actually inside the mouthpiece itself.
John
It would follow that a larger bore saxophone would have a larger missing cone area that would be satisfied by a mouthpiece with a larger chamber. It should be noted that the "effective" mouthpiece volume is a bit difficult to measure because it involves the area where the reed vibrates as well as the space actually inside the mouthpiece itself.
John
