Klarinet Archive - Posting 000547.txt from 2000/01

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Vandoren Mouthpiece
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:07:21 -0500

This seems to be the case with the bass B44 mouthpiece, too -- *their own
reeds* don't fit their mouthpiece properly!
Roger Shilcock

On Sun, 16 Jan 2000,

J. Hobby wrote:

> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 18:31:49 -0600
> From: J. Hobby <jhobby@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] Vandoren Mouthpiece
>
> Interestingly, the Vandoren reed doesn't really fit, either! Just took it
> out and looked. There's a fair amount of reed extending over the sides of
> the table bottom.
>
> Jim Hobby
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: J. Hobby [mailto:jhobby@-----.net]
> >
> > I finally got the chance to try the Vandoren M13 mpc (with 88 on the side)
> > that I found in a box of "clarinet stuff" collected from who-knows-when.
> >
> > Does anyone know, is this mpc physically smaller than others?
> > The ligature
> > used on my Pete Fountain crystal (and the stock mpc that came with the
> > Selmer 9*s) slid almost off the bottom of the M13. Also, the reeds that I
> > had in the case (some Rico Royals and some Mitchell Luries)
> > didn't match the
> > table. They all seemed to be too large. I found a couple of
> > Vandoren reeds
> > in the bottom of the case that fit better. Both were too soft,
> > but did fit.
> >
> > Is this a normal situation with the M13, or am I imagining things?
> >
> > Jim Hobby
> >
> >I would probably be asking the same questions in reverse about the Fountain
> >crystal or the Selmer stock mouthpiece if I found one of them. I use the
> >same reeds (slightly varying strengths) on all of my mouthpieces including
> >several Gigliottis and several Vandoren Profile 88's (M13, M14, M13Lyre,
> >even a 5RVLyre). I also use the same ligature on all of them as well as
> many
> >of the mouthpieces (Bundies, Brillhardts, Yamahas, etc.) students bring to
> >their first lessons. We recently had a burst of complaints here that the
> >tables on the Gigliotti mouthpieces (which are modeled on the same kind of
> >prototype as M-13's) are too narrow for regular or V-12 Vandorens. I've
> >never had a problem with this, however, and the VD Profile 88's that I own
> >accept Vandoren reeds (regular and V-12) without a problem. Are you perhaps
> >used to the table's being slightly wider than the reed, such that you've
> >gotten accustomed to see a sliver of the table around the edges of the
> >reeds? My Profile 88's and Gigliottis don't accommodate that, but the
> >"normal" reeds (including the brands you mention) fit and play quite well.
>
> >Karl Krelove
>
>
>
>
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