Klarinet Archive - Posting 001118.txt from 2000/06

From: mus_ldj@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] old mouthpiece
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 02:05:34 -0400

Prof, do you think you can counsel me on buying a Vandoren or Pomarico mouthpiece for my Eb clarinet?

David McClune wrote:

> Advise and history needed. I have a 73 year old student who had studied with Keith Stein 54 years ago at Michigan State. She loaned me an old MO that has history. He told her she needed a better mouthpiece, and went through his box of mouthpieces and gave her an old duck-bill Pedler from Elkhart, and told her to send it off to Mr Kasper in Chicago who worked for Goldbeck (?). Kasper was to put a Portney facing on it. For you facing number folks, it measures 32, 22,12, 8-,,,tip of 110 and has a bore of 570 throat to 590 exit.
>
> Well, it plays like a dream. It has a centered sound with an excitment or liveness or ping in the sound. It is not as covered or warm (?) as my Pynes and self modified M-13's. However it plays sharp. Using a 67mm barrel it still stays above 440.
>
> Any ideas... other than how can YOU contact her for a better price offer?!
>
> Dave
>
> Dr. David McClune
> Professor of Woodwinds
> Director of Bands
> Union University
> Jackson, TN 38305
>
> office-901-661-5294

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