Klarinet Archive - Posting 000407.txt from 1996/05

From: Everett Austin <austine@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Doubling Advice
Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 03:19:22 -0400

The Vandoren A27 (used by Deffayet, former Professor of saxophone of the
Paris conservatory) and the Selmer S80 C* mouthpieces are excellent and
well accepted classical saxophone mouthpieces for alto. The S90 180
Selmer is also well accepted as is the Meyer 5. There is no reason for
a beginner to start on a jazz mouthpiece- it would only add to his
troubles. Why use a student mouthpiece if one can start out with a good
one? The Vandoren S15 is described as a student mouthpiece, but the A27
may actually be better as the shorter facing is easier for a small
mouth.

Everett Austin
Fairfax, California

On Fri, 17 May 1996, 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.
>