Tip Opening/Reed Strength (Saxophone Mouthpiece)

FOR MY FORMATIVE YEARS(AFTER ABANDONING THE VIOLIN< UNTIL I PICKED UP A YAMAHA ELECTRIC AT " SAM ASH"(HOME OF MY HORN)< PARENTS "PUT UP WITH " ME & JOHNNY ALMOND< JIMMY PAGE & ERIC CLAPTON & "JIMI"(ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER" SOUNDS GREAT(IMOHO) ON MY AXE: DUANE ALLMAN & DICKY BETTS & A:L STEWART("YEAR OF THE CAT TIME PASSAGES" & "HARRY CHAPIN"< GEORGE HARRISON< BEATLES & STONES & MORE"; MY BERG LARSEN METAL 110/1, RICCO ROYAL # 4, 4 !/2 ,maybe 5(?), WHILE 4-5 daily PRACTICE HOURS(CUTTING COLLEGE CLASSES & ALMOST GETTING KICKED OUT), TORE MY JAW INSIDE< LEADING TO BI-LATERAL JAW SURGERY IN 1985/86. FAST FORWARD TO MID 2000's & OUT "SHE COMES< WITH A BERG LARSEN 120/1 EBONITE & r.ROYAL 3 1/2. JAW STILL TOGETHER< CAN DO 23 MINUTES OF "WHIPPIN' POST", THEN BREAK< FOR " ELIZABETH REED". SUBTONING DIFFICULT< GROWLING OK< VIBRATO AS SWEET AS " KENNY G" & " PAUL DESMOND"( IF I'M LYIN' I AM dyin"), FOLLOWING " JOHNNY ALMOND's " CALIFORNIA"< " ROXANNE" & " SO HARD TO CHANGE" KEEPS ME ON MY TOES TO RISE UP TO THE MASTER LEVEL & JUST TOPS OFF MY PRACTICE DAY> YES< HARD TO FIND PRIVATE TIME FOR " SAX"(NOT " SEX" & ELECTRIC FIDDLING" LIVING W?A LADY WHO WAS " KISSED " BY " FRANKI VALLI" BACK WHEN> IN LONG ISLAND"S " WESTBURY MUSIC FAIR">FOR ME< THE ONLY WORDS ARE:" SELMER< BERG LARSEN, RICCO ROYAL & YAMAHA & TOUREK(FORGOT THE STRING NAMED BRANDS(I USE THE TOP 30,