Klarinet Archive - Posting 001170.txt from 1997/10

From: Hekan Lundberg <hakan@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Mouhtpieces and Reeds
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 16:37:59 -0500

David S. Naden wrote:
>
> KD--
>
> I have played on Morgan mouthpieces, and his sax mouthpieces are far superior to
> his clarinet mouthpieces. Try Greg Smith, or Jim Pyne mouthpieces if you want a
> custom, or even a Vandoren B45, 5RV (2RV--same thing), or 11.6. As far as
> reeds, Vandorens are good, but try the Vandoren V12s. I have not seen Vandoren
> Blackmaster for clarinet, I think they are sax reeds.
>
> David S. Naden
>
> Cheddar99@-----.com wrote:
>
> > Can anyone suggest a mouthpiece?? I play on a buffet R-13. right now I use a
> > clark fobes mouthpiece. Has anyone heard anything about Morgans? My friend
> > has one and I've tried it and like it. Are they worth it? What other good
> > mouthpieces are there?
> > for reeds, I currently use Vandoren 3s, but a few of my friends use Vandoren
> > BlackMaster. Does anyone know the difference between the two?

BlackMaster reeds are for German type mouthpieces with angeled
"reed-plate" - not paralell.