Klarinet Archive - Posting 000543.txt from 1997/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: crystal mpces
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 21:23:48 -0500

At 11:57 AM 11/13/97 -0500, P.A. Kent wrote:
>I noticed in International M. S. that O'Brien also supplies a crystal
>mouthpiece, and at a reasonable price. Might even get one myself.

Note that material alone does not make a mouthpiece. I have an O'Brien OB*
myself, but seldom use it any more. While it has a nice (pardon the pun)
clear tone in the upper registers, its chalumeau is very weak. Opening is
similar to a Selmer HS*. I have also tried a more open version, but it had
the same weak low register. (Insert standard caveat about individual
mouthpiece preferences here.)

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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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.