Hi Pete,
I received the mouthpiece yesterday and just love it. My teacher also said that he thought the tone on my SX90R was very good with the PPT. The piece is very easy to play and I cannot put my sax down,
Thanks again.
Best Regards,
Hermann
Hello Pete,
Just to let you know: I collected the two mpc's from the postoffice and finished testplaying them.
They are fabolous! My grilfriend liked the new onyxite even better than the one I was borrowing from Ruud de Vries, but we both are absolutely enthousiastich about the bronzite! It seems to give me just that litlle extra 'bite' I was hoping for!
Yesterday I did a gig with a 1930's swingorchestra (in which I play the lower tenor parts and a couple of solo's). I used the borrowed onyxite and I got the impression, judiging by the reactions of the band and the audience, that I came close to my idea of a "bigger than life" sound. We played acoustically and I had no trouble at all in either blending in the section or 'competing' with the full orchestra - and this all with a nice 'vintage' sound.
Thanks a lot for your beautiful work!I intend to use the bronzite also in a more modern project. It may very well be that thanks to your mpc's I finally found the sound I was looking for.
Best wishes,
Kurt Schwab
On 14 May 2010, at 18:52, Eric Graham wrote:
Hi Pete,
Thank you for my mouthpiece !
I took to it straight away with no problems whatsoever - what a revelation; so much easier to play and a great sound compared to my previous mouthpiece!
Thanks again.
All the best,
Eric
Hi Pete,
Just want to tell you know how pleased I am with the PPT baritone mpc. It's has all the attributes you aimed for, plus some extra magic! A complete joy to play, with just the tone I've been looking for on bari. Looking forward to trying the PPT tenor mpc soon. Any plans for a PPT alto mpc?
Cheers!
David
Pete, The mouthpiece arrived in the mail today and all I can say is -WOW- I didn't think it would be THIS GOOD! I'd hoped but I've tried many a mouthpiece that were pretty good but they lacked something. This mouthpiece has it all! As soon as I started to play it it started singing from top to bottom and man, what a bottom! It is so easy to play and every note is clear and full. I had trouble putting it down in order to write this. Finally I have the sound coming out of the horn I've wanted to produce for years. Oh happy day! Thank-you and Ed so much for producing one awesome mouthpiece! Alan Theberge (A Train on SOTW)
Hi Pete - Thanks for the mouthpiece I love it. I was playing a 130/2 Berg so I ordered the 9* PPT. When it arrived I tried it out and thought "Oh no - this is not for me". I then tried different reeds on it and moved down from a 3.5 plasticover to a medium Fibracell and it made all the difference. I have now been playing it solidly and driving the neighbours mad and it does exactly what you said it would do. I can get the low notes easily and (although not fluent yet) get as far up as high altissimo 'D'. I am also using your altissimo fingerings which are now starting to pay off.
Many thanks for posting out the PPT Tenor 9* mouthpiece...my first session on it was superb..its the nearest sound on an ebonite piece that duplicates a metal piece but without the screech and wildness...I will update you once I have played it on a gig... Kindest regards David Cole
Pete,
I received the mouthpiece last week.
It took a little while to get used to the sweetspot as it seems to require a lot less mpc in the mouth than my metal link. But once I found the correct mouth placement and reed (Vandoren Traditional 2) its a huge improvement. It was definately worth the wait just to see the look on my teacher's face at my lesson on Wednesday - he was very impressed and a little jealous. The only thing that I need to work on with it is not overblowing as I'm used to really having to force air through the link.