Both are working for me on Chrome.

That would be fun and enlightening, Dave! I was on a flute maker's forum for a few years. Every time I traveled to a distant place, I put out a message saying where I was going. I got invited to visit 7 makers overall - near Washington DC, rural Wisconsin, an island near Seattle, and at a hot spring in Oregon where a man dipped his plastic recorder into the water as he played (try it in your bathtub!).

If we sign our messages with location, it helps us set up visits and could lead to some gatherings.
-- Windy • Santa Fe, New Mexico USA

Yes it would. Great idea Dave. It would be so much fun to jam together.
-- Airflyte ~ Port Washington, WI. USA

I guess you could get something for $20. Last time I looked the upline mouthpieces were like $80-$100. But like ligatures, they all play. As long as you get one that allows you to get all the "normal" notes (ie. not double high C....), stick with that. Then get quite good and go through the phase of trying everything under the sun. Then find one you like and stick with it forever (life is too short). I've used 2 mouthpieces since 1975 and they play almost identically.

Good advice. Paying more than $75 for a good playing mouth piece may be nothing more than diminished returns.

I know it's an old thread, but I have a 19th c Buffet Crampon on the way to me from Europe that has a bell marked exactly like this (later replacement), so at least a component of another similar one has been found.  Wonder if the OP still has it or found any new info.

I sent Tinker a PM. Hopefully he will give you a reply!

. . . and was degunkehfying the neck and noticed this . . .

Are these initials?

Much thanks to Phil Pedler for upgrading the functionality of this forum!

He spent considerable time on the fixes.

I would try loosening your embouchure - I know, you were recently told to firm it up on the lower notes but it's a fine line to keep that reed vibrating.

I like to warm up by playing the throat tones chromatically and getting the first upper register C to ring out nice and easy.

Let's talk about supporting that air stream as well. Get that diaphragm involved and visualize a nice clean column of air built on that very foundation.

I hope this helps Larry. Everyone seems to have certain specific "hacks" to help their tone.

PS, long tones do help to get everything working together.