Klarinet Archive - Posting 000487.txt from 1998/01

From: Geoff Chadwick <geoff.chadwick@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: RE;RE The Darkside
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 06:06:53 -0500

The message <19980106162512468.AAA200@-----.com>
from bill.fogle@-----.com (Fogle, Bill) contains these words:

> Michael--

> I play the 1010 with a couple of mouthpieces from Daniel Bangham (in U.K.)
> One is a bored-out Vandoren 5RV and the other is a later-model 1010
> mouthpiece. My problem with the instrument, which still has the original
> leather pads, is that I can't produce full-tube tones. My assumption is
> that it leaks somewhere.

I play 1010's, and find them the best. But hey, if you are still on
the original pads, it is a fairly good guess that it is leaking! You
can replace those yourself, if you can't find a repairer to trust.
It would be worth doing if you are that frustrated at the sound.

Chad