Klarinet Archive - Posting 000122.txt from 1997/03

From: April <ashallen@-----.EDU>
Subj: HELP!
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 21:55:06 -0500

Hello everyone...

I have a big favor to ask of anyone out there who might be able to help
me. I have recently began having problems with my reed/mpc set up and I'm
not sure what's causing it. I usually play on Vandoren 3.5 reeds, have a
Bonade metal ligature, and I'm not sure what my mpc. is... a professor
re-did an old mouthpiece that I had and until recently I loved it. The
problem is that lately I've been getting a really 'thin' sound that I just
don't like at all. I also have a Vandoren B45 and a Vandoren 11.6
mouthpiece that I am not unwilling to try, but with the reeds and ligature
I've been using I've found them to sound really 'stuffy'. If anyone has
any suggestions as to new reed and/or ligature combinations with any of
these 3 mpc's I'd really appreciate hearing your ideas. I'm principal
clarinet in the Wind Symphony this semester and I have several solos, so
I'm really interested in finding a better sounding set-up. And before
anyone tells me to ask my private teacher, I don't have one.... I'm a
psychology major! :-)

Thanks in advance, everyone!

April

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April J. Shallenberg
University of Arkansas
e-mail: ashallen@-----.edu
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