Klarinet Archive - Posting 000188.txt from 1994/12

From: James Perone <JPERONE@-----.COM>
Subj: Mouthpiece table
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 1994 15:05:27 -0500

Here's a new one for discussion...

Just before he died, I was in touch with Pete Hadcock about some mouthpieces
I had sent him to try. His reaction was that, although they seemed to respond
well, they played "wild". He attributed this to the concave table and
suggested that I try an absolutely flat table. Many of you are aware that
any number of mouthpiece makers and manufacturers use a concave table,
primarily for reasons of reed longevity -- a soft reed will "play out"
much more quickly when the mouthpiece has a flat table.

What have others found??? Hadcock, by the way, mentioned that he frequently
had students playing Vandoren B45s running into wildness problems. The B45s
are decidedly concave. His students found there mouthpieces to play more
consistently after the tables were flattened.

On another point -- I tried the M13 (Vandoren) about which there was much
On another point -- I tried the M13 (Vandoren) about which there was much
discussion awahile back. The tip opening seemed VERY close. When I
studied with Dave Hite, he always claimed that his mouthpieces were based
on the Chedeville of old. None of the Hites I have ever measured are
nearly as close as the M13 I tried out. Any old Cheds out there???
Anyone want to share some measurements on them???

Jim Perone
jperone@-----.com

   
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