Klarinet Archive - Posting 000746.txt from 1999/11

From: "J & K Morgan" <morgan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] A reed question
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 19:22:31 -0500

The trick I found is matching the correct reed to the mouthpiece.
I play 4's on both bass and soprano. My soprano mouthpiece is a
P34 from Gigliotti and my bass mpc is a Garrett mo version. I get
better response in the upper registers with the harder reeds. I
have found that Rico Royal ,VD and Legere 4 are fine for the bass
and VD and Legere 4 fine for the soprano. I used to play 3.5' s,
but the response was not there. This assumes the reeds are
balanced and not warped etc. I have run into boxes of reeds where
after a week, they were pitched and other boxes where they all
played. The last box of bass VD had 2 of the 5 reeds miscut and
luckily, the retailer replaced them, no questions asked.

A good test mught be to try a Legere on the mpc. If it doesn't
work, pitch the mpc.

my $.02

John Morgan

----- Original Message -----
From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] A reed question

> In a message dated 11/18/99 11:24:26 AM Central Standard Time,
> kwolman@-----.com writes:
>
> << This is a Marca 3.5; I
> have not yet gone beyond a 3. Playing with this thing is
murder. I've
> tried it on the mouthpiece for which it was intended--a
Pomarico No. 1
> facing--but also on a Yamaha 3C and Selmer D. The results are
uniform
> irrespective of the mouthpiece: it's squeally and extremely
hard to play in
> the clarion register. >>
>
> Roger is making some fine Bass mouthpieces. Try him for an
excellent
> quality/decent price alternative
>
>
> Walter Grabner
> who hasn't made bass mouthpieces yet
> ClarinetXpress
> Mouthpieces & More!!!!
> http://www.clarinetxpress.com
>
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