Klarinet Archive - Posting 000995.txt from 1997/12

From: "J. Shouryu Nohe" <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Meyer Mouthpieces
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 16:45:01 -0500

> Just as a matter of clarification. The new Meyers are quite different
> from the older models and the Cole version is not simply the same
> mouthpiece with his name on it. In theory, at least, it is a copy of
> his own NY Meyer. Why they cannot simply try to reproduce their own
> older product without putting his name on it is a mystery to me, as I am
> not a marketing type, but that is the gist of it, at least as far as I
> understand it. I play an odl NY Meyer on alto and to me it is very
> different than the standard modern variety. I don't know if they make
> clarinet moputhpieces any more, but I have a NY Meyer clarinet mouthiece
> and it is very nice.

Ah. Well, I can't say much for certain. Here's how I made my deduction:
I had played on a friends 5Mfor a while, and when I ordered, I saw a 5M
with Mr. Cole's name on it. Figured it was a little brighter, maybe cut
through more, but when I got it, it didn't sound any different than the
regular 5M I'd b been playing on. Now, I've only had it four 5
months...so maybe I've yet to unlock all of it's true potential. ^_^

Shouryu

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