Klarinet Archive - Posting 000001.txt from 2000/02

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Mouthpiece FAQ
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 00:59:27 -0500

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From: "C. J. Klingman" <klingman@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Mouthpiece FAQ

> I would think that the mouthpiece furnished by the manufacturer with the
> clarinet would come closest to being optimized for that particular
clarinet.
> Why should it be otherwise?
>

Nope. Clarinet makers generally do not design and make mouthpieces (there
are exceptions of course) . They make clarinets. For example, Leblanc has
contracted with a variety of mouthpiece makers to supply mouthpieces for
their instruments. Even when they do manufacture mouthpieces to package
with the instruments, their design expertise is not in mouthpieces.

Besides what works great for one person, is terrible for another. They
expect experienced players to develop their own setup.

> Correspondingly, I'm surprise at the ads in Woodwind Brasswind for the
> high-end clarinets that are sold without a mouthpiece.
>

See above. Why package with a mouthpiece if it's not going to be used?

> Seems that anyone would occasionally pull the OEM mouthpiece out of
storage
> and check to be sure that it is not actually better than some aftermarket
> mouthpiece that they had been using a while.
>
> It is logical also to assume that a beginner-level clarinet OEM mouthpiece
> would best be tested with a soft reed, an intermediate level mouthpiece
with
> an intermediate numbered reed, etc.

On student instruments they go for low cost.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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