Klarinet Archive - Posting 000600.txt from 1998/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpiece for a CT
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 05:51:10 -0500

At 07:01 PM 11/16/98 -0500, Arnold Teres wrote:
>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.
>
If you like the Selmer-type sound, you could try a Selmer C85 115. It is
more open, but not so much more as the HS**, which would be another good
option. The HS* needs a pretty stiff reed, but I play a Mitchell Lurie 3
or Vandoren 2 1/2 on my C85 115 (but could go up a notch). Even the C85
105 is a bit more open than the HS*. I use the C85 now because the
altissimo intonation is much better for me than that of the Vandorens.

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