Klarinet Archive - Posting 000037.txt from 1994/10

From: Jay Winick <winickj@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: Mouthpieces
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 17:00:06 -0400

On Wed, 5 Oct 1994, pauline minevich f wrote:

> I use Ridenour mouthpieces (I'm on my third now) and recommend them very
> highly. I also have a Ridenour mouthpiece for my bass, which I bought
> sight unseen - I was very lucky, because it's fabulous. I find the
> Ridenours help correct my pitch, which tends to be a bit sharp.

I have a Ridenour refaced 5RV U (U = Lyre) and have found it to be
alright. I find it tends to be a bit sharp in the mid tones (could be the
carpenter) and I've on occasion compensated with a 67 mm barrel. I just
ordered on consignment a couple of mouthpieces from Rick Sayre (learned
from Kaspar) and I've heard some good things about them.

In Toronto the big influence is the TSO and everyone (many) ;-] play on
Pyne mouthpieces. It will be interesting to see what these mouthpieces are
like (resistance, balance, tuning, ye olde fav... "darkness").

What is the music program like at WLU?

> P.S. With regard to the great software debate; I still think one should
> learn to transpose at sight - all the software in the world won't solve
> your problems in transposing unknown music produced by some conductor at
> the first rehearsal!!

The worst transposing is when someone writes the transposed note names
above the staff, for those who work intervals, not note name it is really
distracting.

Regards,

Jay