Klarinet Archive - Posting 000408.txt from 1996/05

From: Everett Austin <austine@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Doubling Advice
Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 03:27:42 -0400

Fred,
do you mean Vandoren A27? (an excellent mouthpiece!)
Everett Austin

On Fri, 17 May 1996,
Fred wrote:

> I use a gigliotti P mouthpiece with olivieri #4 reeds on the clarinet and
> have found that the Selmer A27 sax mouthpiece gives me a good CLASSICAL sax
> sound on my Selmer Mark VI alto. It also feels very good.
>
> Fred (fsheim@-----.com)
>
>
> >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.
> >
> >
>