Klarinet Archive - Posting 001266.txt from 1999/03

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] clarinet mouthpeices
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 19:07:26 -0500

At 10:15 AM 3/25/99 +1200, you wrote:
>Please could someone explain to me what the mp measurements below mean...
>"Tip" I understand but not the rest.
>
>>The #11 Borbeck I measured at International Musical Suppliers last weeks
>>had the following measurements:
>>
>>1.08 tip
>>6/6-
>>11
>>22/23
>>32/34

They are the measurements derived from using a glass gauge on the lay of
the mouthpiece and sliding feeler gauges between the lay and the glass -
where the feeler gauges stop compared to the scale on the glass is how the
number is arrived at.

RG
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Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Concert Band/Symphonic Winds/Titan Band
Advisor, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
Office: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3411

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