Klarinet Archive - Posting 000340.txt from 1996/07

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Bass clarinet mouthpiece
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 12:05:05 -0400

Dan,
I highly recommend the Selmer 85/105. I was in your shoes
recently and found that my previous mouthpiece just wasn't very good. So
I was able to try our a few different ones from my (then) teacher (Eddie
Palanker, bass clarinetist of the Baltimore Symphony - great player and
teacher). This one was a sure-fire winner. I showed it to a colleague who
immediately bought one and is very happy with it also. And my
student bought one of the three I tried (2 were almost identical and
excellent).

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Daniel Abramovich wrote:

> I am the de facto bass clarinet player for the Tufts Wind Ensemble and as
> things look now will be. Though the choice of instrument I'm playing on
> is out of my hands, but I figure it might be a good idea (I'd also been
> advised by the previous bass clarinet player) to get a new mouthpiece. I
> confess that though I've played "regular" clarinet for some 11 years now,
> I'm new to the instrument and don't know all *that* much about musical
> hardware anyway. Could someone suggest some bass clarinet mouthpiece
> models? (with prices maybe? :) ) I fairly certain I don't need / can't
> afford something really nice but at the same time somethign completely
> generic of course won't be much better than the one that came with it.
>
> Also, I have a Buffet B flat clarinet which I bought used about 4 years
> ago. According to Buffet (I emaild the the serial #) it was made in 1946.
> Is there a way I can easily tell what model of clarinet it is? Do today's
> model type apply? Never really occured to me to be curious until I
> started reading the group recently..
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Dan
>
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