Klarinet Archive - Posting 000516.txt from 2000/07

From: "Ed & Carol Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds (Legere)
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 07:20:19 -0400

I recently tested three Pyne M's. They were their three standard facings.
They were all symetrical. Go figure.

Ed Maurey
----- Original Message -----
From: <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: [kl] Reeds (Legere)

> At 10:27 AM 7/14/2000 -0300, you wrote:
> >I would presume that anybody in the mouthpiece business would make
> >symetrical mouthpieces for sale to the general public. However, to fit
> >individual tastes and embousures, they would make special facings.
> >
> >Yours appears to be his "Medium Open" model opened to the left side to
fit
> >your tastes.
> >
> >Ed
>
> I'm sorry Ed, but Jim didn't make my mouthpiece for me. I selected them
> out of approxiamtely 20 mouthpieces at Clarinet Fest in Arizona several
> years back. He made no adjustments on mine.
>
> David Shifrin's was also asymetrical (Pyne). Richard Hawkins told me that
> Pyne's decision to do this was based on his research. I can't speak for
> Jim Pyne - just what others have told me. Every Pyne I have measured has
> been asymetrical.
>
> Regarding the first assumption/presumption - not all people in the
> mouthpiece business make asymetrical mouthpieces as a general rule.
>
> Again, I urge you to visit with Jim Pyne personally before making any
> absolute statements about his mouthpieces.
>
> Sincerely,
> Roger Garrett
>
>
> Roger Garrett
> Professor of Clarinet
> Director, Symphonic Winds
> Head, Recording Studio
> Illinois Wesleyan University
> School of Music
> Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
> (309) 556-3268
>
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