Well.. I begg to differ: check out Yamaha's mouthpieces. I play bass trombone and use the Doug Yeo signature series mouthpiece. I have 3 of 'em (just making sure), I never know which one I'm playing on because there are no differences. I think you wouldn't bet on that while doing the same with 3 Vbach mps..
I was thinking the same thing... I was a little surprised to see one made by hand since almost every machine shop I have ever visited has CNC and with CNC's being way more affordable, I don't know why anyone would opt for this way unless they just like to work with their hands... not a very efficient way to make money. I miss the days of machining...
What type of brass and what size blank did you use??? I'm trying to make a solid state mouthpiece extension and I think this may work only I need the right type and side rod or hex bar.
@spacecadet1975 tighter tolerances, better accuracy, faster--I don't see an advantage on the human side. It's not like the human workers are creating unique individual pieces; they're making them to factory specification, which is something CNC machines excel at.
They are easy to make if you have a metal lathe, it's a D bit design. Turn your taper on a piece of tool steel, O1 is good (oil-hardening). Then file or grind it flat to the centerline, or just a hair below it. Harden with a quench in vegetable oil & temper to a light straw color, then stone the flat.
hi there, i think yu are mising the point. yes cnc is quicker, possibly as long as it doesnt break down. But every turn of this mouth piece is perfected by human touch.... you cant bea that!!
@ scbari05 itsbecause its handmade that makes it special. its not about making them faster. the machines always make the same thing over and over again. and most of the time its cheap crap. this also takes skill whitch the machine worker like you dosent always need
For final touches w the buffer & the file for deburr not. But I work with cnc lathes all day (swiss & turret) and it can be done much much acurate and quicker than in a convenctional lathe. The cnc doesnt break down that easy... In my opinion, for making custom mouthpieces, convenctional; but for production cnc rocks it.
Are you really sure that CNC is not as good? after all just about everything made for mass production even by machines when the operator has gone to bed is commonplace today,look at car parts.Still I guess if you are a 'boutique" supplier like Morgan cars it lends it a certain "cachet".
