Klarinet Archive - Posting 000183.txt from 1999/08

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Student mouthpieces
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 14:30:57 -0400

At 01:21 PM 8/10/99 -0500, you wrote:

>So what would you recommend for a beginner ---- a Van Doren 5RV ? Street
>price on these should be about $52-56, right, I always assumed that all Van
>Doren's were hard rubber ? Wrong ?
>
>Anything out there to compete with Van Doren's prices, without moving up to
>high-end blanks that the NAMES all sell for $100 - 175 ?

But there are other Vandorens than the ones Oliver mentioned - he mentioned
the B45 and the B46 - open and more open. The B46 is, essentially, a jazz
mouthpiece (at least it was considered that when it first came out). The
B45 is a specialized mouthpiece for people who like the more open
facing/curve - it also tends to be edgier and brighter (sorry Dan for that
word) than often preferred, although some people absolutely love them. The
5RV and 5 RV Lyre are both excellent Vandoren mouthpieces.

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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