Posted by Doug Elliott on December 12, 2003 at 22:38:24:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Smaller mouthpiece for bigger horn posted by Leland on December 12, 2003 at 16:37:03:
I didn't literally mean the throat or backbore when Im said "cylindrical." I meant that if you take the entire instrument/mouthpiece combination and make the smallest part(throat/backbore) bigger, the entire length becomes less conical, thereby expanding the harmonics.