Klarinet Archive - Posting 000469.txt from 1995/06

From: Bradley Cohen <f64@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: mouthpieces
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 02:15:43 -0400

I played on a Pyne DL12 Mouthpiece which I purchased used about 10 years ago so
I
am not sure what the meaning of DL12 is. The Pyne was not nearly as "open" as
the
Bay MOM that I had switched from. At the time I was try
ing to mellow out my tone which I felt was a bit piercing in the upper
registers.
The Pyne did the trick, but took some time to get used to.

One other mouthpiece you may wish to try is the Blayman. I just started playing
on
a Blayman R 115 which is classified as a medium open mouthpiece. I feel the
Blayman shares many of the qualities that first attracted me
to the Bay MOM, namely intonation and control. The difference between the two,
for me, is that my tone is more controlled in the upper registers. One other
feature of the Blayman is the price, $75 compared with $150 fo
r a Pyne. Good luck, and let the list know what you decided and why.

Brad Cohen,
Los Angeles CA

Chad Wrote:
>
>Hi all!
>
>A couple of questions...
>
>I'm in the market for a backup mouthpiece (or a performance mouthpiece if it's
>better than mine, for that matter!) and I've heard a lot on this newsgroup
>about Pyne mouthpieces. I posted a letter last week on my problems with
getting
>a Bay from Charlie himself, and many of you mailed back that you played on a
>Pyne after trying the Bay for some time. I've decided to try this Pyne and see
>what I've been missing. So, are there different facings and names associated
>with them for the Pyne? What is the standard? I'm playing on a fairly open
>tipped mouthpiece right now (a Madsen refaced HS*). Closed tipped mouthpieces
>don't seem to work for me. Any suggestions, answers, solutions... would be
>greatly appreciated!

>-chad smith
>csmith@-----.com
>