Klarinet Archive - Posting 000668.txt from 1999/11

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Vandoren B 45 Dot
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 04:11:34 -0500

In a message dated 11/16/99 2:11:53 PM Central Standard Time, bfogle@-----.org
writes:

<< I find the best way to "judge" the internal dimensions of a mouthpiece or
a barrel and its suitability to the piece you're going to mate it with (in
the absence of equipment sold by Eric Brand) is to view it "plugged into"
what you will play it with viewed with a strong single light source. So, you
can judge a mouthpiece chamber by how it butts a barrel, and a barrel by how
it butts the upper joint.
Bill Fogle
Washington, DC >>

Bill...

Good tip. I do that also.

Try this. Spray some PAM into the mouthpiece, then force modeling clay into
the chamber from underneath. Stick a pencil into it and pull it out smoothly.

You then have a "view" of the chamber, its characteristics, and some of it's
measurements....

Can be VERY enlightening!

Walter Grabner
who is...........
ClarinetXpress
Mouthpieces & More!!!!
http://www.clarinetxpress.com

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