Klarinet Archive - Posting 000836.txt from 1998/04

From: "Brent Eresman" <Beresman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V2 #74
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 11:49:12 -0400

>
> Hi everyone:
>
> I have a few questions:
>
> 1) I recently bought a Morgan RM-10 mouthpiece from my teacher. She said
> it's a really good mouthpiece, and I tried it and it sounded great. Has
> anyone had experience with Morgan mouthpieces ?
>
I have two and they are pretty good mouthpieces. I now play
something else, but still use the Morgan in certain applications.

> 2) Ok, this also is about my new mouthpiece. I have Vandoren reverse
> ligature and it seems loose on the Morgan mouthpiece. When I try to switch
> mouthpieces between my Bb and my A clarinet, the ligature always comes loose
> (the screws are tightened all the way). I've put tons of cork grease on so
> that the mouthpiece comes off easily, but the ligature still slides around a
> lot. Is there anything I can do ?

I use a Rovener lig (standard) and usually don't have the problem.

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