Posted by Steve Dedman on March 16, 2003 at 22:52:53:
In Reply to: Why do we put up with it! posted by LV on March 16, 2003 at 16:31:06:
There are only one or two notes that require any adjustment on my 56-j, and they are withing the area of being comfortably lipped into tune. There is no slide adjustment at all. Even the D in the staff is easily fixed by simply listening and matching. It only starts going haywire above middle C, and that's due to the parking garage-sized Doug Elliott I play on normally. When I switch down to my PT-42, it brings the upper register right into tune.
Perhaps you should take 3 or 4 greatly contrasting mouthpieces with you when you play-test. If you like the sound but the tuning is ghastly, try a different mouthpiece. The results might be exactly what you are looking for!
SD