Klarinet Archive - Posting 000690.txt from 1999/10

From: "Mr. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpieces and Tuning
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 19:24:45 -0400

I remember that when my parents bought my R-13 new in 1963, it came with a
cardboard measuring tool (a rectangle of thin cardboard) that you were to
insert into the bottom of your mouthpiece to make sure it had the correct
length chamber for correct tuning. I suspect that your different
mouthpieces have slightly different lengths on the inside. I think it is
the part that goes from the bottom of the mouthpiece to where it begins its
bend to the tip (on the inside).

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 07:15 PM 10/22/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a question for the mouthpiece experts on the list. I just tried out
>a Jewel Concert mouthpiece. It responds very well, and has a pleasing
>tone. But throughout the range of the instrument, and I have tried it on 5
>different brands so far, it plays consistently 5-10 cents flat for me. I
>have some problems that way with Vandoren mouthpieces, too, but usually
>only close to and in the altissimo register. My Selmer Series 10 is
>generally right in tune when I play an O'Brien crystal, and even slightly
>SHARP with the Selmer C85 115. I may just purchase a Jewel anyway for my A
>clarinet, which otherwise plays quite sharp! Can anyone explain why the
>tuning should vary so greatly with these mouthpieces?
>
>Also, as long as I am asking dumb questions, the A clarinet which I
>recently purchased, and old C. Fischer with wrap-around octave key, is
>characterized by an incredibly in-tune (even with the barrel AND mouthpiece
>pulled out some) and sweet-sounding altissimo register. Only with the
>O'Brien can I get even close with my Bb Selmer. Is this a normal A
>clarinet characteristic, or am I just a very lucky eBay shopper?
>
>
>
>Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
>451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
>Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
> ICQ UIN 4862265
>
>If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>
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