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Re: Bach NY era mouthpieces
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 12:29 pm
by JohnL
Hard to say how consistent Bach's raw brass would have been. I doubt it he would have been buying brass in large enough quantities to get it direct from a mill, so he would have been buying it from a distributor. He'd get whatever they had in the warehouse that met the standard spec for chemistry and temper.
Re: Bach NY era mouthpieces
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 1:18 pm
by Posaunus
GabeLangfur wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 6:21 am
At one point I picked up a mug and had to take a mouthpiece out to pour coffee in it.
Perhaps he was marinating the mouthpiece in coffee to enhance its molecular structure?
Might make it play with more "esprit!"
Re: Bach NY era mouthpieces
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 11:12 pm
by biggiesmalls
GabeLangfur wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 11:04 am
To my understanding, that's not the way the non-CNC method works...
elmsandr wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 8:22 pm
Though I should also point out, there are things called tracer lathes...
Doug Elliott wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 9:25 pm
Jet-Tones were made by tracing but I think they were the only ones. I think way too much is made of the worn tools theory...
All very good factual information that I will pass on to the "speculators". Thanks to all for sharing your knowledge.