Klarinet Archive - Posting 000871.txt from 1997/02

From: Martin Marks <mmarks@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: glass mouthpieces
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 15:22:16 -0500

At 09:46 AM 2/25/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>The Vandoren mouthpiece is not glass. It is the same blank as the Pomarico
>>and Mitchell
>>Lurie which are crystal. I believe O'brien is the only glass mouthpiece. I
>>have a Vandoren in my
>>collection. It is a Pomarico mouthpiece. What makes it unpopular are the
>>strange facings.
>>Same for the Pete Fountain. Enough with the glass mouthpieces already!
> ^-- Beats discussing religion, bubby.
>
>Two questions: Anybody here play on an O'Brien mpc, or know where to
>try one out/purchase one? I'm on the lookout for the perfect jazz
>clarinet mouthpiece, an act not unlike snipe hunting.
>
>
>
>------ Lisa K. Canjura-Clayton * clayton@-----.edu
>
> / http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~clayton * http://www.jonsimsctr.org/~master
> / "Sex education causes pregnancy the way driver's education
> / causes accidents" -- Mike Peters
>
>I tried several of the new O'brien mpcs. and they are really awful. Shoddy
workmanship, excessive air bubbles, inconsistent facings etc. Muncy Winds
has these. 800-333-6415. I happen to have and old glass Selmer mpc.
which was made by O'brien that has what I think is a nice bright Jazz sound.
I"m not doing any Jazz or Big Band work now. If you would like to try it, I'll
send it to you.
Marty Marks