Klarinet Archive - Posting 000171.txt from 2000/06

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Mouthpiece mismatch
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 04:32:40 -0400

Van Doren E flat reeds seem to vary in this respect even in the *same
box*. This is the main reason why I tried cut-down B flat reeds.
Roger S.

On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Kenneth Wolman wrote:

> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 16:12:50 -0400
> From: Kenneth Wolman <kwolman@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Mouthpiece mismatch
>
> At 03:50 PM 6/6/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Your reed does need to fit the mouthpiece at the tip and along the rails.
> >The whistling means air is escaping where it should not. I would try a
> >different brand of reed - Oliveri might work nicely if you need a reed that
> >is somewhat narrower; Mitchell Luries or Grand Concerts if you need a wider
> >reed (you said you were using Vandorens?)
>
> I have never run into this problem with soprano or bass clarinet
> mouthpieces, or even with alto sax MPs. However, it is a plague among my
> soprano sax mouthpieces. The horn itself may be cheap, but the mouthpieces
> are anything but. All the same, the reeds do not necessarily line up with
> the rails (too wide or too narrow--it feels like life with the Three
> Bears), and there is often a noticeable lack of alignment between the reed
> and mouthpiece tips. I think ONE mouthpiece--a Dukoff #7--aligns correctly
> with the reed. The others--including an Otto Link, Vandoren, Yanigasawa,
> and 2 Selmer metal classical mps--have a nasty tendency to seem more or
> less mismatched. I hate to think I'd have to start screwing around with
> making my own reeds (I'm a WAY non-professional and I wonder if the effort
> is worth the aggravation and learning curve), but it may yet come to that.
>
> Is there really that much difference in reed dimensions among the various
> manufacturerers? I would figure they'd be cutting cane for mouthpieces of
> known, fixed sizes.
>
> Ken <being naive again>
>
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