Klarinet Archive - Posting 001478.txt from 1998/05

From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] 101 uses for a dead Vandoren B45...]
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 22:10:00 -0400

Well, I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree here and move on. I simply do not find anything in your argument to change my belief that the B45's specifications make it inappropriate as a student mouthpiece -- unless the student's embochure is already pretty well developed and the B45 "fits" given that embochure, the player's other equipment, physical characteristics, etc. IMHO (or, if you prefer, NSHO), replacing one ill-suited
mouthpiece with another, even if it is made of hard rubber and costs more, is not an improvement. Nor, BTW, am I aware of any studies done that provide evidence to support the assertion that, given a Rico 2.5 reed, a B45 is superior in general to a Bundy. (Perhaps such a study exists and I have not seen it. If so, I could be convinced to change my mind.)

Jack Kissinger
St. Louis

you wrote:

> Well, if I sat down in the local community band, and the clarinet player beside me was struggling along with a Bundy with the stock plastic m/p, I would gladly donate an old B45 to them. Given that so many students are stuck with the 2.5 Ricos they get at school, it would probably serve them well. Maybe it would increase their pleasure in playing the instrument, thus leading them to acquire a better instrument, and become a lifelong player.

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