“For the last year and a half I have had the good fortune to receive the help of Fred in reconstructing my playing after a serious accident with a sliding van door which shortened my right pinky and weakened my right hand. When you add the aging of my teeth to the point where I had to reduce the size of my mouthpieces, I was a mess.

I immediately learned he was easy to work with and had the experience I need to tap into. We started with pieces I already owned and gradually got down to the sizes I needed which are small by today’s standards for playing jazz.

Fred’s voicing of the mouthpiece is important. He does it with a lot of back and forth. Give him a serious look!”