Klarinet Archive - Posting 000207.txt from 1999/08

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Student mouthpieces
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 22:26:12 -0400

On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Takashi Kawai wrote:
> Current Vandoren's mouthpieces (model names are PRINTED on the mouthpiece)
> are plastic, I think. They don't make silver plated keys (and ligatures)
> tarnished, while the hard rubber contains sulfur which tarnishes silver keys.
>
> If the model name (5RV, B44, or whatever) is etched on the mouthpiece,
> the mouthpiece must be a hard rubber, old type.

All 5RV's and B44's currently being manufactured by Vandoren are most
definitely hard rubber. The information above is incorrect.
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director - Concert Band, Symphonic Winds & Titan Band
Advisor - Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University

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