Klarinet Archive - Posting 000592.txt from 1997/09

From: Daniel.Meirsman@-----.com
Subj: RE: Tone and mouthpieces
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 04:14:13 -0400

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I think it has to do with the volume of the mouthpiece. Even if your old
mouthpiece had the same length as your new one, if the (inner) volume differs
the pitch will be different.

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Daniel Meirsman
Belgium
e-mail: Daniel.Meirsman@-----.com
voice: +32 16 390 733
fax: +32 16 390 600
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-----Original Message-----
From: majordom@-----.us
Subject: Tone and mouthpieces

Several years ago I dropped and broke the tip off my beautiful refaced
"who knows what brand" mouthpiece I got from Fred Ormand. Needless
to say, I was devastated but immediately went on the search for a new
one.

I decided on a Gennusa and have been very happy with it except for one
thing. It has lowered my pitch significantly. So much so that I had to
buy a shorter barrel. I now play well in tune most of the time with it
but have always been puzzled as to why it would have lowered my pitch so
much. I'm using the same reeds (Vandoren 4) and ligature (Harrison
gold) that I had been using before. I have never had this experience
before or since with a mouthpiece. I have thought of looking for
another but am hesitant to start the "mouthpiece game" all over again,
having been there too many times. Any thoughts about this?

Leslie Andersen, Clarinettist who works as a Librarian

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