Klarinet Archive - Posting 000101.txt from 1999/06

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] New member with a question
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 01:14:56 -0400

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From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Date: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] New member with a question

>On Mon, 31 May 1999, Dee D. Hays wrote:
>> Is it really the contour directly (hard to believe) or indirect factors
such
>> as how the player may perhaps be able to establish a more appropriate
>> embouchure more easily and and thus end up with a better sound or perhaps
it
>> permits the reeds to respond better?
>
>Dee,
>
>One of the last things I do to a mouthpiece before putting it in the
>plastic case waiting to be sold is to test it. If it needs a bit more
>tweaking in the area of tone, the first thing I do is adjust the area at
>or near the beak on the exterior. This is something Richard Hawkins
>showed me, and it is something that has a dramatic affect on the
>mouthpiece. When a student wants me to to "fix" their store bought
>mouthpiece, sometimes this is all I do and they are happy.
>
>It isn't enough material removed for a person to change embouchure shape.

Well Roger, I am willing to accept your statement that it does make a
difference however as an engineer, it would be nice to know the why.
After all the outside of the mouthpiece does not come in contact with sound
wave only the player or the reed. If I am interpreting your description
correctly, you are tweaking an area that does not come in contact with the
reed. So how does the effect get "transmitted" to the sound?

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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