Klarinet Archive - Posting 000291.txt from 1999/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Selecting an instrument (was Religion vs. Science)
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 13:11:07 -0400

At 09:53 PM 4/4/99 -0500, George Kidder wrote:
>I am curious about the matching of the mouthpiece to the clarinet, as it
>affects one's trials of instruments. One would think that to make the
>trials fair, one should use the same mouthpiece on all instruments. Yet one
>would also think that the match between mouthpiece and instrument would be
>different for instruments of different design. (Same goes for the barrel, I
>guess.)
>
>So my question for those who have played many different instruments against
>one another - do you use the same MP, or do you try to "match" the MP to the
>instrument, and if you do, how do you decide when the results are due to the
>MP or the instrument?
>
It is an imperfect situation still, but, IMHO, if you don't limit yourself
to one mouthpiece/reed setup, you are introducing too many variables into
the testing situation, complicating the process tremendously. I suppose
you could have a second setup available as a double-check if you suspect a
significant incompatibility.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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