Klarinet Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 1996/10

From: Sherri Hill <sheba@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: odd comment (acoustics)
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 02:57:49 -0400

On 3 Oct 96 at 9:39, Jonathan Cohler wrote :

> For a long time, I played on the B45, which has an opening of 1.195mm and a
> facing of 21.5mm. At the Arizona conference two summers ago, I discovered
> the B45 lyre (profile 88) for the first time. It sounds more like a B40,
> but plays like a B45 (i.e. less resistance, quicker response).

<snip>

> As for reeds, I have tried everything out there, and I keep coming back to
> Vandoren V12 #3s.

A B45 lyre and V-12 #3's is my set up. I'd like to add that this set up is
great for the upper register. I can play 'pp' and 'ff' and keep the sound in
tact.
The whole range of the instrument sounds better, for me, with this set up.

Every other combination of mouthpiece and reed has been fruitless.
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