Klarinet Archive - Posting 000880.txt from 1998/03

From: RCLARINET <RCLARINET@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vandoren Mouthpiece
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 11:45:08 -0500

In a message dated 3/13/98 8:12:54 PM, you wrote:

<<At 08:42 PM 3/13/98 EST, Tom Ridenour wrote:
>Doesn't a closer tip opening REQUIRE (or at least strongly suggest) a
>stiffer reed? And I would have though a more OPEN facing would be
>freer-blowing. Am I confused?
>
>The closer tip does not require the reed to travel or bend as much for
closure
>which results in tone. The more open tip requires more flexibility in the
>reed for closure----that is a softer reed.
>A closer tip will requre a stiffer reed IF, IF, IF all other things are
equal.
>
Agreed, and I promise to hold all other things equal. :-) Now, which is
more free-blowing: close or open? And why? As I recall, playing my old
HS* was like trying to blow through an oak log!

The stuffieness of the HS* is caused, not by a close tip, but by the very
short opening behind the tip. Lengthen that part of the mouthpiece and leave
the tip relatively untouched and reeds which work on more open facing
mouthpieces will collapse on your HS*..........IF,IF, IF all other things are
equal........;-)
tom