I've recently started to notice how many of the current tenor players are using Otto Link HR mouthpieces which have been modified to some degree. These players include Chris Cheek, John Ellis, Mark Turner, (Chris Potter used to play a HR), and others. I've been playing one of these pieces for several months, and just figured this out about these players a few days ago. What i'm wondering is...obviously these guys are not playing stock pieces, they've been modified to some degree; what kind of modification would they have done? And how would Turner's mouthpieces differ from Potter's, or Ellis'.
I own several pieces that have been worked on by different people, some more well known than other...but I've always bought them from someone who had the work done. I've never actually paid for the modification directly, or had any experience with mouthpiece work.
So, I'm really not sure how certain things will change a mouthpieces performance. I'm not even sure I know what about a mouthpiece can be modified.
Any help or info relating to different modifications to mouthpieces would be great, specifically the differences between how these guys might have their pieces shaped.
Thanks
I own several pieces that have been worked on by different people, some more well known than other...but I've always bought them from someone who had the work done. I've never actually paid for the modification directly, or had any experience with mouthpiece work.
So, I'm really not sure how certain things will change a mouthpieces performance. I'm not even sure I know what about a mouthpiece can be modified.
Any help or info relating to different modifications to mouthpieces would be great, specifically the differences between how these guys might have their pieces shaped.
Thanks