Klarinet Archive - Posting 001273.txt from 1999/05

From: "Mark Weinstein" <cpaok@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re:Marcellus Mouthpiece
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 19:03:26 -0400

So, ***everything else being equal***, the LARGER the tip opening, the MORE
resistive ?

Thanks, I am feeling more enlightedned already!

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Date: Thursday, May 27, 1999 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Re:Marcellus Mouthpiece

>At 03:19 PM 3/27/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>Thanks for your response. I had reviewed this previously, which doesn't
>>lessen my appreciation for your effort to enlighten me. Again, thanks.
>>
>>Nevertheless, my queries still stand:
>>
>>1. What does the M08 mean. Based upon the measurement offered would this
>>mouthpiece play slightly darker and a little more resistively than the M13
?
>><<I don't understand millimeters, sorry>>
>>
>>2. Would the particular Marcellus MP that I have be 1) "a modern
>>incarnation" or 2) one that was made between 1979 - 1983.
>>
>>Mark Weinstein
>
>Ahhhh......I better understand Mark's post now.
>
>Mark, the 1.08 tip opening is a much closer facing and subsequent curve
>than the cousin with the 1.13 tip. The M13 would play slightly more
>resistant than the M08 (all things being equal, which they never are!).
>Undoubtedly, the M08 also has a shorter curve - this can cause resistance
>in the low register - and stuffiness unless efforts are made to the baffle,
>window, and sometimes the bore. Tip rail and side rail thickness also
>affect resistance and "dark" "bright" sounds (depending on what you
>actually mean by those terms).
>
>Don't know how to answer the second question.
>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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