Klarinet Archive - Posting 000055.txt from 1996/02

From: "Lorne G. Buick" <mcheramy@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: Jazz Mouthpiece
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 08:30:10 -0500

>With all the mouthpieces I have acquired and sampled I never
>thought I would ask this but:
>I play Tenor Sax in a jazz group at work. I need to practise
>but have limited time so I use that time for my clarinet. I
>can play the jazz repertoire much easier on my clarinet.
>(See what practise does) However I can't be heard over all
>those saxophones so I thought I would look for a mouthpiece
>for use in this group. My top 5 requirements are.
>1. LOUD
>2. LOUD
>3. LOUD
>4. Control
>5. Intonation (I am playing with saxophones)
>
Greetings- I played a Gigliotti 4 for a while, which some people told me
(after I stopped playing it) is a "jazz" mouthpiece. It was loud- I think
it would fill your first two criteria, I'm not sure about the third. ;-)
The tone quality was not quite what I was looking for (somewhat strident
high register, lacked warmth in low register... all this is relative of
course) but it was loud. I can't help you with intonation as I play a
large-bore horn so I have to ream out my mouthpieces to make them play in
tune.

Did I mention it was loud?

lgb