On July 10 of this year, I contacted my AI source (openai.com) to establish the top twenty most popular mouthpiece manufactures at that time. From the list of twenty manufacturers, I was able to locate nineteen who are listed below-
Bach
Yamaha
Schilke
Warburton
Monette
Denis Wick
Curry
GR Mouthpieces
Marcinkiewicz
Pickett Brass
Stork Custom Mouthpieces
Kanstul
Jet Tone
Giardinelli
Reeves
JK Mouthpieces
ACB (Austin Custom Brass)
CarolBrass
Doug Elliott Mouthpieces
From the list of twenty, I received five responses-
Home – Stork Custom Mouthpieces
Mouthpieces – Brass & Woodwinds – Musical Instruments – Products – Yamaha USA
Several informed me that “they would get back to me”. They never did.
The following were helpful in sharing information on the subject-
Home – Stork Custom Mouthpieces
GR Mouthpieces was the most helpful in gaining the answers needed on the subject of mouthpiece clocking.
My first response from GR Mouthpiece company came as an Email from Brian Scriver representing the company. It was suggested that Mr. Gary Radtke (GR mouthpieces) would prefer answering my questions by phone which eventually turned out to be a two-hour discussion, answering all of my questions as to the validity and reasoning behind clocking trumpet mouthpieces.
Stay tuned to find out from this very reliable and extremely qualified expert on this subject.
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Clocking old mouthpieces tends to illustrate the fact that newer mouthpieces are made with closer tolerances than the older mouthpieces.