Klarinet Archive - Posting 000244.txt from 1999/05

From: "Marty Marks" <RxReed@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] C Clarinets (was Orchestral Rep Question)
Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 17:46:32 -0400

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From: Kevin Fay (LCA) <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subject: RE: [kl] C Clarinets (was Orchestral Rep Question)

> Glenn Kantor noted:

>
> I'm pretty sure that the Noblet C I am playing is designed to use a Bb
> mouthpiece--in order to get the pitch down to A=440, I have to pull the
> barrel 2-1/2 mm; a shorter mouthpiece would make the horn unusable.
>
I'm using a Morgan C mouthpiece on a Noblet C. It is not shorter. The
difference is in the bore. The bore is slightly larger. It lowers the
pitch of the usually sharp low A and B and raises the pitch of the altissimo
register. With this mouthpiece I only have to pull the barrel out about a
sixteenth of an inch to obtain a pitch of A@-----. This C mouthpiece really
made a difference.
Marty Marks

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