Klarinet Archive - Posting 001138.txt from 2000/06

From: mus_ldj@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] V12
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 02:05:54 -0400

Proff Garrett, can you please enlighten me on the "facings" issue?

rgarrett@-----.edu wrote:

> At 08:09 PM 06/23/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> > Today the local store had only V12 reeds in stock, so I bought some
> >-- partly just to experiment. The label says that V12 is thicker. Does
> >this translate into anything else besides 'stiffer'?
>
> You might want to check the archives - there was quite a discussion begun
> by George Kidder I think that dealt with V12s actually being softer than
> the "regular" Vandorens. I have found this to be true.
>
> > The V12 label also says "designed for mouthpieces with longer
> >facing." The facing of B45 is 36 mm. A few mouthpieces have facings as
> >short as 28 mm, and a few as long as 44 mm. So I suppose 36 mm isn't
> >really "long"?
>
> 36 mm length (curve) on a mouthpiece is medium.
>
> Sincerely,
> Roger Garrett
>
> Roger Garrett
> Professor of Clarinet
> Director, Symphonic Winds
> Advisor, IWU Recording Services
> Illinois Wesleyan University
> School of Music
> Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
> (309) 556-3268
>
> A Clarinetist's Revenge is sometimes personified by the following excerpt
> from the London Daily News, circa 1926:
>
> "The saxophone is a long metal instrument bent at both ends. It is alleged
> to be musical. As regards markings, the creature has a series of tiny taps
> stuck upon it, apparently at random. These taps are very sensitive: when
> touched they cause the instrument to utter miserable sounds suggesting
> untold agony. Sometimes it bursts into tears. At either end there is a
> hole. People, sometimes for no reason at all, blow down the small end of
> the saxophone which then shrieks and moans."
>
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