From: David Fairweather Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 10:53:39 -0800 Subject: CX-12 mouthpiece
>As far as the CX-12, I like mine a lot, BUT, the mouthpiece is just TOO BIG >for my mouth:-( Also, the cross-slide-tuning is not something which I >like, as the slide becomes much more in the way of the sound--IMO, purely:) > > >As far as the overall design, it's absolutely brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!--IMO:) >It can be taken apart in seconds, literally seconds, with no worries about >missing screws or any of the like:) It's VERY airtight, when compared to >270-style chroms, at least all I've tried. The reeds are all-but right in >the mouth, like a diatonic, and--probably not related, but ya never >know--it's quite responsive to bending and the like--actually, allmost too >responsive, as it can be blown out quite easily.
My "Toni III" wholetone chromatic was designed to address those shortcomings of the CX-12 design. It looks like a "CX-10" but its mouthpiece is much narrower, only 1.3 cm at the front gradually tapering up to 3.0 cm at the rear of the harp. And althouth it looks like a "CX", like Seigfried's CB-16's its straight, not cross-positioned, and has a very short stroke.
To tell you the truth, I think we may have gone a little overboard on the narrow profile. It's now so narrow that I find the harp sometimes slipping TOO far into my mouth. Next time I think I'd make the profile a little higher.
