Klarinet Archive - Posting 000035.txt from 1998/01

From: "Lane White" <lanewhite@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Mouth pieces(Re: klarinet-digest V1 #538)
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 08:41:53 -0500

>From: "Jason Hsien" <jasonavhs@-----.com>
>To: <klarinet@-----.us>
>Subject: Re: Mouth pieces(Re: klarinet-digest V1 #538)
>Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 02:00:36 -0800
>To start off the New Year, I'll pull myself from being a lurker and
join in.

Great!

>For the first four brands of mouthpieces, I am sorry, but I have never
heard
>of them. Probably very professional models. (shrug)

Mainly very $$$$$$ models. Can't speak for all of them, but some of them
are definately over-rated.

>
>The Selmers and the Vandorens I have heard of and tried. I personally
prefer
>the Vandoren over the Selmer simply because IMO, it's sound is better
with
>my Buffet International. (I don't know about other instruments though,
and
>I've never had good experiences with Selmer products anyway)

Selmer & Buffet designed their bores completely differently; the
Vandoren mp is probably tuned better for the Buffet, and v/v.

>
>I will also admit, I have purchased a discount, dirt-cheap mouthpiece
(a
>Rico Royal B5) with satisfactory results and currently use that one
with my
>plastic clarinet.

My correspondence with another chap ended up in private e-mail, but
having a backup rig that won't bankrupt you if it gets bashed is often a
good policy, esp. if you're in h.s. and have to play in m@-----.

>Actually, I would really like to test the sound of my clarinet with a
metal
>mouthpiece for clarinet.

No, you don't. :-)

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