Klarinet Archive - Posting 000186.txt from 1997/03

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Graftonite M.P.
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 12:49:46 -0500

Ya, but you can throw the Graftonite M.P. clear cross the room - with no
damage, even on concrete.

At 09:54 AM 3/5/97 -0500, Fred Jacobowitz wrote:
>Starr,
> What style of music are you playing? I found that I couldn't use
>my Brilhart mouthpiece to play with a Jazz band because it simply wasn't
>loud and harsh enough. Now I'm using (believe it or not) a Rico Royal
>graftonite
>Jazz facing. It works real well. Growls wonderfully, etc. However, I can't
>do ANYTHING tasteful on it. For that I still use the Brilhart.
> I have found, however, that REEDS make a huge difference. Regular
>Rico reeds don't work well at all for me, but maybe it's just this
>mouthpiece.
>
>Fred Jacobowitz
>Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory
>

David C. Blumberg
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
reedman@-----.com