Klarinet Archive - Posting 000185.txt from 1999/08

From: "Mark Weinstein" <cpaok@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Student mouthpieces
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 15:02:05 -0400

Can somebody answer the quextion re: type of material in the Van Doren
mouthpieces, such as the B45/B46/5RV/5RV Lyre ?

Are they Hard Rubber ?

What is the Pyne Crystal made out of ? <basically a plastic material?>
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Student mouthpieces

>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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