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Anatomy of a Meyer Reface

Here are a few pictures detailing a typical reface of a modern Meyer alto piece, with the aim of making it play more like a Meyer NYUSA vintage piece (the shape of the modern Meyers is very similar to that of the later NYUSA pieces). This is one I recently did for Jamie Talbot.

 

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Old vs New

 

Florida & Modern STM

 

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Floridating a Link

 

Here we'll look at the steps involved in my "Floridation" process.  I take the modern Otto Link "Super" Tone Master from the "Old vs New" article and make it play as well as the great Florida era STM next to it. 

Floridated Link STM .106

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Mouthpiece Misconceptions #1 -- Volume

Stop me if you've heard this one before -- "I need a metal mouthpiece because they're louder!"  "Otto Links all sound stuffy!"  "I need a high baffle piece for rock gigs!"  "I need X mouthpiece to sound like player Y!"


What makes sax mouthpieces work the way they do isn't always straightforward, so misconceptions about them abound, even among professional musicians, heck, even among some mouthpiece makers.  So I thought it would be a good idea if we dispell some of the rumors and get a better understanding about what really works in a sax mouthpiece, and how and why. 

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