Klarinet Archive - Posting 000493.txt from 1996/02

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Those darn reeds
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 10:43:26 -0500

Cary,
I'll second what Bill Fogle so alertly observed. I have been on a
mouthpiece hunt for a while and tried a Hite mouthpiece which I liked.
The only problem was that the v-12's I've been using on my mouthpiece
didn't seem to work on the Hite. So I called David and he confirmed that
the mouthpiece was in fact designed for regular vandoren reeds. When I
tried them it worked much better, although I didn't eventually buy it. So
I would not be surprised if that B-45-dot mouthpiece of yours is not
suitable to v-12's.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, Cary Dodson wrote:

> Hello,
> I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on balancing reeds. It
> seems that I can rarely get one balanced unless I just happen to be
> lucky and pull one out the box already balanced for me. I have
> checked and double checked my mouthpiece and there are no chips in
> it. I play on Vandoren V12 reeds on a B45 dot mouthpiece. Any help
> would be greatly appreciated.
> Cary Dodson
>