Klarinet Archive - Posting 000155.txt from 1997/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Kids Today
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 23:50:17 -0400

At 09:50 PM 8/5/97 -0400, you wrote:
>And even the instructors at Blue Lake didn't bother to tell us
>that some clarinets come with a "beginner's" mouthpiece. How was I supposed
>to know that? I've only been playing for 2 years. Unfortunatly, my was one
>with the special mouthpiece for beginner's and I had to find out from a band
>instrument technition who works at the studio where I take private lessons.

Just what exactly is a "beginner's" mouthpiece? I play clarinet and sax,
and work in a music store, and I am unfamiliar with the term. I am
guessing that "beginner's" mouthpiece means "something other than the
particular model the teacher prefers." Or it may simply mean plastic vs.
hard rubber. In any case, if you produce good tone, intonation, and range
with it, it is a professional mouthpiece to me.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.