Klarinet Archive - Posting 000132.txt from 1998/11

From: Matt Johnson <matt@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Starter Clarinet?
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 14:08:24 -0500

In article <3641E9F7.7653@-----.com>, Marty Josephson
<martyjos@-----.com> writes
>My daughter is a beginner and absolutely could not play on the B45 that
>we bought her. With the B45 we tried a number of different reeds. We got
>her a more closed mouthpiece and with her first effort a big smile came
>across her face.

Interesting. My second-hand Boosey 8-10 came with a *very* open
mouthpiece (order of about 1.6 / 1.8mm) and a long facing (23.5mm).
(i.e. unplayable with a Vandoren / Rico-Royal 2.5 or 3). Changed to a
B45: much better.

I tried some of the more closed mouthpieces (B44, 5RV Lyre) and
generally squawked on them. My view is that the mouthpiece one person
prefers may not be the same as that of another. :-) The B45 can tend to
be rather flat at altissimo G and above, but alternative fingerings for
G, such as:

o
x
o
x

x
x
o

work quite nicely.

Chacun a son gout. :-)

Regards,
--
Matt Johnson <mailto:matt@-----.uk>

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