Klarinet Archive - Posting 001095.txt from 1999/03

From: James <jparkin9@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Of mouthpieces & reeds
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 07:37:03 -0500

Hi all:

I have a 1962 Buffett R-13 with a Van Doren B 45 mouthpiece. I've used
the Van Doren silver reeds with it almost exclusively (2 1/2 & 3) I've
just purchased some Mitchell Lurie #3 which seem to give me more squeaks
than I am usually able to produce.

I've been playing for nearly a year now. I have a teacher. She teaches
flute, piano and clarinet, with clarinet being the instrument with which
she is least familiar. When I needed a mouthpiece for the R-13 I was
purchasing I asked her what to get. She told me to get whatever the
music store told me to get. I did. I'm wondering if I made a mistake.
Clearly, I'm still developing my embouchure, along with everything else.
This is my first woodwind instrument. I have been playing in the upper
register for a couple of months now and still have difficulty going
smoothly from upper to lower and back again. I'm still in Rubank's
Elementary Method book with a few supplemental books from which to play.

My first instrument is classic guitar, which I've been studying for 13
months. I practice about 4 or 5 times a week on clarinet, in case that
matters about reeds and mouthpieces. If I play with a Van Doren #3 my
embouchure fatigues rather quickly. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

James

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