I’m loving this journey I’m on…played this morning before work. Lips felt supple / good, sounded good / felt good. Getting a better feel for the new mouthpiece, realizing I need to relax a little more, back off the air more, which makes sense on a smaller mp…

Made me think of mountain biking or anything involving tire traction, when you start skidding you let go of the brakes–you don’t clamp harder / panic…

Not sure yet if the 10 1/2C will be my long term mp but that doesn’t matter…for now, it feels and sounds good and I feel like I’m learning something by playing it, whereas the 3E seemed like a block wall I couldn’t get around. Maybe in time the 3E or something else will prove better than the 10 1/2… who knows, but I’m having fun.