[ving]

Can anyone identify who did the work on this mouthpiece I have on trial from PM woodwinds? Plays great---can be viewed here:

http://www.pmwoodwind.com/instruments.cfm?c=2&instrumentid=246


ving

 

[EZ]

I don't recognize anything about it.

 

[Merlin]

Definitely not one of mine.

 

[wersax]

Looks really rough, particularly towards the tip rail. As long as it play well, right?

 

[ving]

It does play pretty well, in spite of the look of it--its mine now anyhow, so I better like it...

The rubber really sings, I may send it to someone at some point to clean up the tip rail though--its pretty much non existant right now...

The pics make the area near the tip look a bit worse than it actually is also, interesting quality to the sound; but it is very centered...

 

[Phil Barone]

Can anyone identify who did the work on this mouthpiece I have on trial from PM woodwinds? Plays great---can be viewed here:

http://www.pmwoodwind.com/instruments.cfm?c=2&instrumentid=246


ving

Looks ruined to me....

 

[gary]

Looks ruined to me....

Ain't ruined if it "plays great", wot?

 

[ving]

How can you ruin a crappy mouthpiece like a berg to begin with, Phil?

Just kidding. I looked at the piece some more today, it doesn't look pretty, thats for sure, but I used it on a gig tonight and it worked well. The thing gets a good seal, seems pretty good with reeds, and has a presence I miss with my other alto piece, but I attribute that to the rubber. I am as surprised as anyone else that is plays...

 

[EZ]

A while back, I introduced this Yamaha 4C to a drill press. It plays far better than it looks.

 

[Seasax]

ive always thought about doing something to a 4c to see how it plays afterwards

 

[playitfunky]

That mouthpiece was refaced by garbage disposal or a 3 year old with mommies nail file. Either way it beats having to play something pretty and new. I mean cmon anyone can do that. To be a real player you can't play on anything that reflects light or is smooth.

 

[ving]

Well, I have played pieces that looked pristine and felt as dead as a doornail, which this does not, so....

 

[mlscnr]

I recently acquired - and subsequently sold - a similar 80/0/M rubber Berg alto mpc. It, too, played with a very distinctly centered tone. I probably should have kept it.

 

[Hurling Frootmig]

My guess would be Mike Blanchard but I would expect a higher level of workmanship. He used to work out of The Sax Shop and trained with Frank Wells. Did Paul have any ideas?