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In most cases people use the term, facing or tip opening to mean the same thing, although facing technically has another meaning. Facing, applies to the way the mouthpiece curves away from the table of the mouthpiece where the reed sits. Facing Length is the distance, measured in millimeters, from the tip of the mouthpiece to where the mouthpiece first begins to curve away from the reed.
