Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
Description
UPDATE: Works like a charm! Just tried it out on my alto and it plays incredibly easy! I was expecting it to be a chore to play but it plays very well (in relativity or course). I notice little difference from it to the one i modeled it after. I printed it on a 3D systems V-Flash and will be uploading pics and a sound recording(recorded on my phone. Don't be too critical of my playing).
This is an untested alto saxophone mouthpiece based roughly off a beginner Yamaha mouthpiece but it does not resemble it much. The similarities include bore length, facing width, and basic length measurements. I would urge anyone that prints this out before i get around to it to share their experiences printing and playing of this mouthpiece. This will most likely need to be printed on a finer tuned machine to get the best results.
Tip Opening: 0.080
Facing: 18mm from tip
Bore: Square
Instructions
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Absolutely astonished by how good this thing is. Only problem I had is the bore size is too small to fit over the cork but thats easily fixed.
Compared to the Yamaha 4c, it is very much the same blowing and control, except it is more stable at the top end, and requires less effort to hold even upper register and altissimo tones.
I tried with some 2.5 Vandoren reeds, and it gives that nice edge that is their trademark, and with some really soft 1.5 Rico reeds, which it allowed to blow even the low C at almost a whisper with no effort. Makes for a great practice setup as it can be very tricky finding a mouthpiece that blows softly! and doesn't annoy the neighbours. Anything can blow loud, but controlling low notes at pp is difficult but seems so easy on this mouthpiece.
I'm rambling.. oh well. Well done and thanks Allanrps!
I made this in autodesk inventor, and yes it is parametric modeling.
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Great I made it and i like it! plays well troughout the registers of the sax. Nice job well done