Klarinet Archive - Posting 000564.txt from 1996/07

From: Ward Cheney <cheney@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Mouthpieces
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 22:26:54 -0400

Burch Johnson has written as follows:
>
> It is casual to the most obvious observer that most rocket scientists
> would have trouble understanding mouthpiece nomenclature, since each brand
> seems to have their own, unique, numbering system. Is there any good reference
> works out there that explain lays, tip openings, chambers, bores, roofs, etc?
> And how they apply to orchestra, chamber music, ensemble, jazz, etc?
> And decodes the different makers numbering systems?
> Thanks...Burch Johnson Burchard@-----.com
>

Useful sources:

1. "The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing" by David Pino, Charles Scribner
and Sons, 1980. Chapter 2, from page 9 to page 22, is on mouthpieces
and ligatures.

2. The catalog of The Woodwind and the Brasswind Company has a
chart on page 44 of the current edition comparing about 40
different brands of clarinet mouthpieces. (Their address: 19880
State Line Road, South Bend, IN 46637)

These only begin to address the issues you raise.

--
Ward Cheney