Posted by Rick Denney on April 20, 2001 at 10:28:58:
In Reply to: Leadpipe Taper posted by Phil on April 20, 2001 at 10:08:45:
My strong suspicion would be yes.
My visit with Dough Elliott revealed how much just the taper of the mouthpiece's backbore could affect the tuning of the overtone series, and I know that Besson has spent a great deal of their energy over the years tweaking their leadpipes to improve their models.
I also know of many who replace their leapipes with a stock replacement of different shape without a care in the world and with no apparent ill effects.
I recall an illuminating post on the subject by Matt Walters that sparked one of the better discussions on this topic that we have seen.
Rick "link follows" Denney