Klarinet Archive - Posting 000146.txt from 1996/12

From: Laurence Liberson <hardreed@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: mouthpieces....
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 16:41:54 -0500

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996 09:05:16 PST, Bill Fogle wrote:

> Hardreed writes thus:
>
>
>>I've been playing on Greg's [Smith] mouthpieces . . . I have been more
>> than impressed . . . they have been worth every cent -- and more -- that I
>> paid for them...all seven of them!
>
> Let's see. That's (1) facing 1 with parallel sidewalls, (2) facing 1 with
> angled sidewalls, (3) facing 1+ with parallel sidewalls, (4) facing 1+ with
> angled sidewalls, (5) facing 1(?)* with parallel sidewalls, (6) facing 1(?)*
> with angled sidewalls, and (7) is there a crystal model? What's #7? ----
> Bill F.
>

Well, not quite, Bill -- three of the 1* facing, one of the 1 and
three E-flat mouthpieces. Oh yeah -- all with the parallel walls.

And thanks for asking!

Larry Liberson
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
hardreed@-----.com