Klarinet Archive - Posting 000589.txt from 1998/11

From: "Hiroshi Nagatsuma" <hiroshi@-----.jp>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mouthpiece for a CT
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 23:10:02 -0500

FYI

I use Gregory Smith mouthpiece(tip opening 1),Chadash barrel reamered with
it, and Vandoren V12 3.5
for my Selmer 10SII *. I also tried Rico Grand Concerto - thick blank 3, but
found V12 is better adapted.
Selmer HS has a very good tone and intonation, but I found this setting far
better. Just like old
Vandoren 2RV(now not sold). I also ordered Reed profiler to the same place.
Not yet tried.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Gregory_Smith_Clarinet/
If you still like HS, my 10SII* came with HS-18, provably your HS may be
HS-15 with smaller tip opening.
Several opening HSs are commercialy available.

Concerning the use of Chadash barrel, which is like reverse tapered Moennig
barrel invented with Ralph Maclane,this may be a reference to your
consideration:
http://www.jdhite.com/mouthpieces/shop1.htm

If you order a barrel, it is necessary to know bore size. this page may help
you:
http://www.selmer.com/htdox/clar4.htm

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>I have been playing my Selmer Center Tone with a Selmer HS* and Rico Royale
>3 1/2 reeds for quite a while now and I want to try something new. I am
>quite satisfied with the sound I have with this setup but it is a bit hard
>to blow and can hesitate on C, C#, and Eb. Does anyone have a suggestion
for
>other setups that may be a bit more free blowing? I have tried softer reeds
>but they don't perform well with the HS*. I suspect that I would have to
>move to a more "open" mouthpiece to use a softer reed but I am not sure how
>much of a change I should attempt. By the way, one of the reasons I have
the
>current setup is that it provides very good tone and intonation in the
>altissimo and I don't want to loose that.
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