Klarinet Archive - Posting 000494.txt from 1996/01

From: Everett J Austin <BrendaA624@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Gregory Smith MP's
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 02:10:30 -0500

Sean wrote:
" I just finally tried a Gregory Smith Mouthpiece and I was wondering
about what people think per what brand on instrament they have. I have heard
sound wonderful on Opuses and R-13s, but they sound tinny on the Yammaha
72's.
I don't know about any other instrament combos reaction to these mouthpieces.
To me they play similarly to the LC3, but doesn't have some of the LC3's
problems that I experienced. Anybody else have a take on this?
Sean
UW-Whitewater"

I have tried these on my Buffet RC and RC Prestige clarinets and found them
quite excellent. Some of the finicky response problems of my A clarinet
disappear with these mouthpieces (clarion A and long B-flat), whereas many
other mpcs magnify them. One critical point is that these are very
reed-sensitive and the V-12 reeds clearly work the best (I tried all the
(many) other brands in my cupboard without getting comparable results).

Sincerely,

Everett Austin
Fairfax, CA