[ving]

To the refacers; what is realistic in opening up an old Meyer NY USA in a 3M facing? Curious to hear what opinions are. And second question, would you pursue doing so?



Cheers,

Ving

 

[Dr G]

To the refacers; what is realistic in opening up an old Meyer NY USA in a 3M facing? Curious to hear what opinions are. And second question, would you pursue doing so?

Cheers,

Ving

Be aware that tip numbers of Meyers have changed over time - measure it.

 

[MDWade]

Starting around 2:20 Jack Finucane gives his advice. This came out today.

 

[Dr G]

Starting around 2:20 Jack Finucane gives his advice. This came out today.

Talk to a mouthpiece tech if you want a good answer. There's more than one way to open a mouthpiece.

Get the mouthpiece evaluated to learn the best path for your 'piece.

 

[MojoBari]

The tip openings seemed to have changed sometime around WW2. So most Meyers circulating around match the 1970 chart that Ralph Morgan put in his SJ article, not the 1939 one.

By tilting the table, it can usually be opened up to a 6 or more. It does distort the body shape some and could cause you to need to use a smaller ligature.

 

[ving]

Thx for the info. I briefly spoke with Jimmy a Jensen last spring and he thought maybe opening to a 5 max as the tip rail is quite thin as is. I wasn’t convinced of messing with it, as is with a stiffer reed it’s actually a nice pops/classical mpc that I could see working for pops orchestra stuff. But then I saw an original 3 like this one for sale for quite a bit and thought maybe I’m missing something and should have it opened up if it would be something super special afterward! Ha!

 

[Saxydude]

Went through the same thing with a vintage NY Meyer 3M about a year ago. Among the refacers I communicated with, general consensus was comfortably maxing out between .070" (5) and .075" (6). I ended up selling it as-was, but I wouldn't've hesitated to have it opened.