Klarinet Archive - Posting 001719.txt from 1998/04

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Re:Mouthpieces
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 07:38:40 -0400

on 4/29/98 4:59 AM, Dodgshun family wrote:

>I'll
>probably get slammed for saying this, but I like my stock Buffet mouthpiece.
>I like what I can get out of it - it does what I want it to.

Leon Russianoff would recommend to students that they try/play the Buffet
mpcs that came with their instruments, and some of his students went
around collecting the rejects and having them refaced, etc. Some of them
played pretty well. I think his point was a "Leesonism", if you will -
play what works and sounds feels good to you - not whatever brand is
"hot" at the moment. It's a good lesson. Some of those Buffets were
better than the expensive custom mpcs that were the fad of the moment.

>I've never played a crystal Bb mouthpiece...

I have, and I had the bad judgment to be going through my string ligature
period at the same time! Can you say "See the top spin", boys and girls?
Believe it or not, it didn't break!

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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