Moonbeam tenor mouthpiece production and model information

How are they made?
Moonbeam starts with a uniquely great early serialed Florida Link 7* #027 precisely digital mapped via industrial x-ray tomography, which is then transformed into a digital model file, (by humans,) and meticulously tied to the original surface parameters (by hand) under my own guidance.  When the model is ready it is CNC machined in several processes, then meticulously handcrafted & maximum-optimized As an avid researcher, player, and collector of the very best of historic, classic vintage mouthpieces for over 30 years, I have learned how to maximize the resonance and response of the masterpieces of the past while preserving their original tonal and playing characteristics, the good characteristics.

While these are extremely faithful recreations of the original pieces, I am also discarding the errors and flaws of the originals, rather than carrying forward troublesome aspects. I am making them play as we wish those ‘almost reliable’, ‘almost reed and user-friendly’ vintage pieces with the promise of great sound should have been.  When multiple design configurations have been optimized, handcrafting setup and finish make these pieces into something more.

What we are dealing with here is not a single aspect of optimization such as a better facing, but the Continue reading →