Posted by: Tony Halstead
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Date Posted: February 22, 2005
Subject: Re: Large Diameter Mouthpieces
Personally I feel that anything much larger than 18.5mm I.D. would preclude the development of a good high register facility, unless the player's lips are much thicker and fleshier than average.
Howard, it would be useful to know what exactly in your playing you are trying to improve in your desire for such a very wide ID?
There is no doubt that the specialist technicians at Paxman (or indeed Osmun in Boston if you are in the USA) could customize an existing PHC rim to a wider ID for you, but of course, the surface of the rim would then be narrower by the amount that the ID had been increased, giving less of a cushioned support for the embouchure.
Good luck,
Tony Halstead
PHC