Klarinet Archive - Posting 000904.txt from 1999/12

From: "John W. Sheridan" <otare@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet oiling?
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 10:42:02 -0500

Dee:

Thank you for a long awaited reply. The Buffet in question has a serial
number of "51380" which by simple mathematics and the years unlisted seem to
place it's manufacture around 1952, so I still don't know whether it would
be identified as an R 13 or not.

I don't know if it's the "power of suggestion" or not but having exchanged
information on the Selmer bulletin boards, the general concensus seems to be
that many players seem to have difficulties in tuning the Buffet. I do feel
that playing in tune with others requires frequent "adjustments" of
embouchure, especially in the open throat tones and wonder if a different
clarinet would improve consistancy. Unfortunately, trying different
instruments is not possible in my present location.

Regardless, I appreciate your addressing part of my questions.

Last, I notice a similar focus on various mouthpieces in both clarinet
groups and it's even worse in saxophone dialogue - the constant "search" for
an ideal mouthpiece. I had a repairman comment to me recently that he felt
one should settle on a single mouthpiece and adjust to it and I tend to
agree. I've seen comments from individuals with a collection of more than
50 different mouthpieces they've accumulated over a number of years and have
to wonder at the wisdom of this approach. Combine this with a multitude of
ligatures and reeds available and one could spend a lifetime just trying out
the various combinations. I've used the same Acousticut ligature for
around 40 years with maybe 5 mouthpieces and essentially 2 clarinets and
done reasonable well.

John

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