Klarinet Archive - Posting 000135.txt from 1998/11

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Starter Clarinet?
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 16:42:35 -0500

On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Matt Johnson wrote:
> 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:

Maybe the bigger question is what reed you used on the more closed
mouthpiece (strength that is). If you compared mouthpieces with the same
reeds but with such differences of tip openings of 1.50 vs. 1.80-1.90, you
are going to get a squeek....LOTS of them!

Roger Garrett
IWU

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