Klarinet Archive - Posting 000138.txt from 1998/11

From: Matt Johnson <matt@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Starter Clarinet?
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 17:08:18 -0500

In article <Pine.A32.3.94.981105143602.40797C-100000@-----.edu>,
Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu> writes
>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!

I *did* check them with commensurately adapted reeds (e.g. tried a 3.5
on the 5RV Lyre, 3 on the B44...

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

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