Klarinet Archive - Posting 000043.txt from 1999/12

From: Simon_Aldrich@-----.ca (Simon Aldrich)
Subj: [kl] Re:Blackmaster reeds
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 13:30:49 -0500

Michael Lawrence asked:
>"I recently bought a Gigglioti p 34 and the first
>thing i noticed was that it
>was, to me, much narrower than the Vandoren 5rv Lyre that I had been
>playing. I have been using V12s for some time, and they always worked
well
>on my 5rv Lyre, but I seem to have a harder time with my Gigglioti... is
>this one of the "unusual set-ups"? "

Exactly. When the reed hangs over the mouthpiece rail all sorts of problems
arise. It's funny you should mention the Gigliotti because I was
going to mention it in my post last night but it was late after a concert
and I was falling asleep.
The Gigliotti is a perfect example of the narrower window. I used a very
good
Gigliotti P34 for a year or so and I had to use Blackmasters on it. V12s
were
too wide and created an unholy resistance.

One finds Gigliottis with wider windows but in my limited trials of other
Gigliottis
I haven't found one with a window wide enough for a V12 yet.

Simon Aldrich

Principal Clarinet - Montreal Opera Orchestra
Principal Clarinet - Montreal Metropolitain Orchestra
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

Clarinet Instructor - University of Sherbrooke

simona@-----.org
(514) 843-7550

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