Klarinet Archive - Posting 000506.txt from 1995/06

From: Lee Callet <LCallet@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: mouthpieces
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 13:49:21 -0400

Lisa...Just to pursue this a little further, I think that any mouthpiece
which is not "stuffy", is responsive, produces a clear tone, and is easy to
find reeds for, would work well for jazz playing. A mouthpiece may be
labelled "jazz" because it is more open at the tip, but might not tune the
clarinet well. If you found a mouthpiece which feels good and is responsive,
tunes well, and you can fit reeds to it, you are lucky, whether you are
playing jazz or classical music, or marching. When I referred to a previous
thread, I think I was referring more to a comment that "jazz" players played
on open mouthpieces with soft reeds. I couldn't disagree more with that, and
I look askance at mouthpiece makers who call their mouthpieces "jazz", in
order to attract sales. Lee Callet