Klarinet Archive - Posting 000528.txt from 2000/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpiece boring?
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 18:46:49 -0400

At 09:29 AM 8/18/2000 -0600, Shouryu Nohe wrote:
>I prefer the classic Selmer mpcs to the new ones with the square
>chambers...it's not that they're bad, just not as good. Is it possible to
>maybe take one of these new S80 mpcs and bore out the squareness so that
>the chambers are comparable to the classic scrolled Selmer mpcs?
>
I prefer the old Soloist-style arch-chambered Selmers myself, and use them
on both my alto and tenor. They are a little (pardon the expression)
warmer than the current models. The Selmer metal classical mouthpieces
(NOT the Jazz series) are the only ones they make with the arch chamber any
more. To make an S-80 into one, though, you would have to ADD material to
round off the upper two corners!

Bill Hausmann NEW ADDRESS: bhausmann1@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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