Klarinet Archive - Posting 001169.txt from 1998/04

From: "Mr. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Re: Mouthpiece Facings & Reed Strength
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 13:50:34 -0400

Years ago I tried a B45 because it was touted as giving a big orchestral
sound. I had been using a B44. It didn't take too long to wrap it up and
send it back- I hated it. Since then I moved to a Gigliotti P and love it.
But that was 12 years ago. I tried other Gigliotti P's a few years ago
and couldn't get a good one. Goes without saying that I taking REALLY good
care of the one I have!

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 09:43 AM 4/21/98 PDT, you wrote:
>Gosh--and the B45 is supposed to be the world's most popular orchestral
>mouthpiece!! Mine is now used as a doorstop. It functions quite well.
>;-)
>
>On a more serious note, I am always looking for the perfect mouthpiece,
>one that will take care of all problems AND is cheap and readily
>availiable for student purchase. Personally, I use one of those custom
>things--in my case, a Dan Johnston J facing--and really like it. It's
>hard to have my jr. high students shuffle off to Buffalo for a fitting,
>though.
>
>I've come across the Woodwind K10. It's a little closer than my facing,
>and seems a little brighter, but seems to be a pretty OK commercial
>mouthpiece. I wish the tip rail was wider, though.
>
>Any thoughts out there on what to suggest to your students? I have
>usually recommended either the Hite Premier or Clark Fobes' student
>line, both pretty OK and reasonable.
>
>kjf
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: RCLARINET <RCLARINET@-----.com>
>Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:44:24 EDT
>To: klarinet@-----.us
>Subject: Re: Re: Mouthpiece Facings & Reed Strength
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
>
>
>In a message dated 4/17/98 5:45:38 PM, you wrote:
>
><<At 09:47 PM 4/16/98 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
>>The M13 mouthpiece has the following schedule and tip opening:
>>
>>104 tip opening (1.04)
>>4
>>10
>>21
>>33
>>
>>What this means frankly, is that the tip is very close, and the curve
>>schedule is quite short. If you are playing on 2 or 2.5 reeds, you
>either
>>have no strength in the embouchure, or you never play above a high C.
>
>Doesn't the short curve schedule (given a constant tip opening) require
>a
>softer reed than a longer, more gradual curve like a B45?
>
>The shorter curve does indeed mitigate the closeness of the tip, causing
>the
>reed to feel stiffer than it would feel if the tip were the same and the
>curve
>was longer.
>The B45, however, does not have what I would call a more graduated
>curve.
>It's schedule is not much longer, especially near the tip, and then the
>tip
>itself flares quickly open to a whopping 1.18, and some I have measured
>have
>gone up to 1.20!
>Only a sax player should ever play the B45. It is not fit for anyone who
>wants
>to play the clarinet seriously in a classical setting.
>tom
>
>
>
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