Klarinet Archive - Posting 001388.txt from 1998/05

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Help-embouchure!?!?
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 18:19:31 -0400

On Thu, 28 May 1998, Matt Johnson wrote:
> [SNIP]Bought a B45, and have used it ever
> since. Needs a relatively hard reed to get a decent sound out of it,
> I've found... it only speaks nicely with a 3 or better.

Matt,

A 115 tip opening could use a harder reed - but a 3 is still a soft reed
on this mouthpiece. A hard reed with this mouthpiece might better be
described as a 4 or 4.5. I play on a 120 tip opening (Pyne M facing) and I
use size 4 Vandorens - which seems fairly agressive. There are many
people who prefer even stiffer reeds with that size tip opening!

Roger Garrett
IWU

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