Klarinet Archive - Posting 000888.txt from 1997/11

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Leblanc Bass Clarinet
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 12:00:35 -0500

Hi Sarah,

If you don't already have your own mouthpiece, you need to get one. The
new Leblancs with low C's are good.....but your mouthpiece will provide
the most important aspects of the tone you produce. Recommedation is for
a Rick Sayre refaced or a Charles Bay.

Good luck!

Roger Garrett
IWU

On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Sarah Rodgerson wrote:

> Hello. I recently graduated from high school. I was lucky enough in high school to have a Selmer Low C Bass Clarinet, which was about eight years old. Beautiful horn. Liked it so much I named it!
>
> Now I am in college, playing for several ensembles. I am really frustrated because now I am playing on a rather new Leblanc Bass Clarinet, low Eb model... I am just not getting the sound that I am used to. What can I do to improve the sound? I am playing on a Leblanc stock mouthpiece. Would another type possibly improve my sound? I was a Texas All-State player last year. Now I'm embarrased to play bass clarinet in my dorm. My tone is terrible!
>
> Sarah Rodgerson
>
> Freshman-- Rice University
>