Klarinet Archive - Posting 000941.txt from 2000/02

From: Topper <leo_g@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bass clarinet...a BAD saxophone sound?
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:42:25 -0500

>At 08:12 AM 2/25/00 -0500, you wrote:

>Ah, the search for the perfect mouthpiece:-). Well, I found one that does
>more or less what you describe. The Pomarico crystal #1 facing with a 2=BD
>or 3 Grand Concert reed does wonderful things even for a student-level
>instrument. As I've gotten more and more into the bass, I find I prefer
>this to any other mouthpiece I have, irrespective of what I'm trying (the
>operative word) to play at the time.
>
>Oddly, I've also had good luck with a cheapie I picked up on a whim, a
>Yamaha. The Vandoren B46 I picked up for jazz playing (w/ 1=BD Hemke tenor
>reed) is SO open that the lower register turns the horn into a guaranteed
>lease-breaker; but playing in the clarion register or above is agonizing
>and there are only so many ways I can twist my mouth to adjust to the MP's
>characteristics.
>
>Actually, I'd like to try any of these mouthpieces on a Selmer or Buffet
>low-C bass, but that's for when the lottery swings my way:-).
>
>Ken
>----------------------

I have a B46 also but it is stuffy and unnatural sounding for me. I cannot
use the range of reeds as I do with the 45 and it accentuates the
transtitional points or problem points. Especially with one register key I
get that insecure feeling around G# to A# and the uppers are not as secure.
Even with a softer reed the notes do not sound as good as the 45.

However I did go through 6 Vandoren B45's before I got the right one.

Cheers,

Leo

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