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Measurement reed tip
Because I was not satisfied by the shape of the reed tip I decide to measure the exact shape and determine a better curve.
Mouthpiece work: cleaning hardrubber
Hardrubber mouthpieces get brown after some time. It seems not to be very difficult to let them look almost like new.
Measurement marathon part 2: Chamber height and angles
The second part is measuring the course of the chamber height of the complete set of alto saxophone mouthpieces.
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measurement marathon part 1: facings
At the moment i have a nice series of alto saxophone mouthpieces. I thought it would we instructive to measure them and learn from the effect of the differences.
Dial gauge with 3D printed tool
After some tinqering with wood and trespa I decided to make a better and more accurate tool with my new 3D printer. So here is 3D tool number 1.
Meetklok voor het opmeten van mondstukken
Bij mijn favoriete gereedschapwinkel heb ik een meetklok gekocht om eens te zien wat dat oplevert als hulpmiddel voor het opmeten van mondstukken.
Parametrical bass clarinet mouthpiece progress
After mounths of solving mathematical puzzles, it's time for a break in the design process of the parametrical bass clainet mouthpiece. But it is wise to write down the current project progress.
Alternative way to measure the interior of a mouthpiece
Measuring the interior of a mouthpiece is not easy and it is difficult to get a good impression of the internal shapes of it. But this week I got an idea to do it with modelling plastic. The trick that spies use to duplicate keys.
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Op bezoek bij TU Delft
Op de TU Delft hebben Jouke Verlinden en Zjenja Doubrovski in rond 2013 een boeiend project met 3D printen van saxofoonmondstukken gedaan. Nadat ik ze om advies had gevraagd voor verbetering van de printkwaliteit van mijn mondstukken werd ik uitgenodigd op de makerslunch om te laten zien wat ik met 3D printen en met name met mondstukken doe. Vandaag ben ik dus naar Delft geweest met in de ene hand een basklarinet koffer met inhoud en in de andere hand een laptop met mijn ontwerpprogramma.
Step 1 - Programmable mouthpiece designer
After weeks my programmable mouthpiece designer is finished.
Measuring a mouthpiece
It is possible to order on this website your tailored mouthpiece 3D design to fix the for years missing part of an ancient clarinet or try a modern mouthpiece on a old c-melody soprano or other exotic woodwind instrument. This article explains how to measure the relevant parameters of your mouthpiece. For 40 euro you can get the stl file according to the measured parameters that can be send to any 3D printer.