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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000029.txt from 2007/12
From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Carbon fiber mouthpieces?
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:54:01 -0500
There is a carbon fiber bocal for bassoon already and there is one made of
wood. Before I would spend a lot of money on variable materials, I would
wish for more consistency in the bore and wall thickness, irrespective of
the materials. I have played exceptional Fox bocals made of standard
materials and I have played lousy Heckel bocals made the same way. Every
now and the a real "gem" emerges, and I think sometimes it is a
serendipitous accident of manufacture.
I commend all these guys for their experimentation and I believe the
mysteries of the universe will ultimately yield to scientific research, but
there is not enough money, time, talent, effort spent on these parameters
because of a very small application for their findings.
These devices we use to make music are amazing, no?
Herb
On 12/9/07 12:52 AM, "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br> wrote:
> Dear Saturday List:
> It is not only the oboe which is developing new materials for its
> ""mouthpiece"'--the tube.
> The other evening I sat next to a trumpet player who is using a carbon fiber
> mouthpiece and to my ears the new material has more precision and a
> "rounder"sound than the traditional brass mouthpieces.
> Anyone with experience in the orchestra with these "new"developments for
> brass? And could carbon fiber,or whatever it is called in the US, be used
> for oboe tubes or bassoon /eh bocals??
>
> A lovely weekend!
>
> Rgds,
>
> Harold Emert
> Rio-Brazil
>
>
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