Klarinet Archive - Posting 000399.txt from 1996/05

From: Gene Keyes <gene@-----.NET>
Subj: doubling advice
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 20:49:26 -0400

Hi..........Try the VanDoren A35 rubber MP on the alto....it's a good all
around mouthpiece..esp. for a student. One word of caution...be careful not
to get the A35 Java.........also by VanDoren...sound is very harsh and does
not play as well. If your looking for a good student instrument, there's a
line around called Antigua. The distribution is not very wide and the horn
is made in Taiwan, but it's an exact copy of the Selmer. Of course it
doesn't play like a $3000.00 instrument but I think that it has the other
student horns beat

good luck/gk

>I double on alto with a hard rubber Meyer* #5 MP using a Hemke #3 reed.
>This serves me well for legit or big band jazz. *about 63 dollars mail-order.
>
>Frank Brugman
>
>At 10:32 AM 5/17/96 EDT, Randy_P.Fotiu wrote:
>>I would like some alto sax mouthpiece advice and I thought some of the
>>clarinet players that double on sax might be able to help out. My son
>>plays the piano now and wants to play the alto sax in the school band.
>>I would like to start him off with a good quality mouthpiece and probably
>>a student quality horn. What are some mouthpieces you can recommend
>>for a beginning student?
>>
>>Also, I might like to try out the sax. I play the clarinet with a
>>mouthpiece that has a relatively long facing and a medium-close tip
>>opening with a 3 + reed. In terms of mouthpiece and its setup, are
>>there any special considerations for clarinet players doubling on the
>>alto sax? When I decided to play the clarinet in grade school one of the
>>advantages in favor of selecting the clarinet was the possibility of
>>doubling on the sax, but so far I haven't played more that a couple
>>dozen notes on the sax. Thanks in advance.
>>
Gene Keyes
gene@-----.net