Klarinet Archive - Posting 000655.txt from 1999/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] sax/ clarinet embouchure problems.
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 07:36:08 -0500

At 07:29 PM 12/20/1999 +1100, Christina wrote:

>1/ YAMAHA YAS-25 ALTO SAX
>
I'm guessing YAS-52 here. Nice horn for the price. I have a YTS-52 tenor
myself.

>2/ a) YAMAHA 4C MOUTHPIECE (CAME WITH THE SAX)
> b) ROUSSEAU JAZZ METAL ALTO 8 FACING MOUTHPIECE
>(snip)
>
>7/ SAX REEDS - LA VOZ med hard "Cool Jazz"
> - LA VOZ Med soft (with the rubber mouthpiece)
>
Seems an unusually soft reed to be using with the 4C, given what you play
on the Rousseau 8. The Rousseau is WAY more open than the Yamaha. You
might even want to use a HARDER reed than on the Rousseau (depending upon
the length of the facing, of course). A La Voz Medium closes off on me
with a Selmer C*, and it is more open than the Yamaha. See if a different
reed helps.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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