Klarinet Archive - Posting 000786.txt from 1999/02

From: Mark Gustavson <mgustav@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Bay cost
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 20:35:30 -0500

Roger Garrett wrote:

>
> The Hawkins and Smith mouthpieces are much, much different than what I and
> many others do. Where Pyne skews the rails for the sound, Richard leaves
> a dip in the table of the mouthpiece - on a zinner blank. The dip is
> located in the best possible place for spring on the reed. This is what
> allows his .96 tip opening and a very, very short curve feel like a 1.10
> tip opening. These mouthpieces are wonderful for a specific approach of
> playing - the problem is, I don't approach the instrument like Richard
> does, and I have difficulty on the low end of the instrument with his
> mouthpiece.

This is the set-up quandary. I play R-13's with Chadash barrels and a Hawkins I
purchased 5 years ago and the low end is the best I've ever experienced! It's in
tune, round and no fuzz and projects in the orchestra. In fact, for me the
problems exist in the altissimo--too much work. And that is why in a couple of
weeks I will be receiving the new Greg Smith Kaspar-style mp. I tried some of
these just while ago and find them to be wonderful. It is similar to a Hawkins .
The inside, however, is really much different and the rails are even unlike the
Hawkins. Smith told me that his new Zinner blanks are a custom design and
different than the Zinner blanks available through International Music Supplier.

Mark Gustavson

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