The two-material stuff is standard practice in other areas:Rocky Bivens wrote:The only problem with a mixed media approach (i.e., ceramic and metal) is that some kind of glue would have to be used to secure the desparate materials together.bigboom wrote:Would it be an all ceramic piece or like a ceramic bowl or rim with a metal shank.
However, it would certainly make it easier to create experimental mouthpieces because it would be difficult to get the shank thin enough to be effective without loosing the requisite strength.
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Ceramic can also be injection-molded.