I'm pleased to announce that forum member "franz" has put together an informative article about mouthpieces. In it, he summarizes the first section of a book on the topic, and his summary covers the most important elements that contribute to the performance of mouthpieces. The book itself, by Tranquillo Forza, is written in Italian, so I assume most of us have not read it. (For those who DO read Italian, there is a link in the article to get the book.)
Thanks to franz for his work and for contributing it to the site!
http://www.dwerden.com/forum/content...um-Mouthpieces