Klarinet Archive - Posting 000542.txt from 2000/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Crystal Mouthpieces
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 10:06:43 -0400

At 07:49 AM 8/19/2000 -0400, Tom Wood wrote:
>Bill Hausmann wrote:
>> I quit using my O'Brien OB* for a long time, and lately came back to it for
>> use playing second clarinet parts in a concert band. The intonation is
>> very solid and articulation is good. It does not have soloist projection,
>> especially in the lower chalumeau, but it blends very well in the section.
>> The tip opening is quite small, though, and I have been using Mitchell
>> Lurie 4 1/2's on it, and could maybe even go UP a notch! It would be the
>> world's WORST jazz mouthpiece, but it it fine for this application.
>
>Bill, how would a mouthpiece like this respond with a 21/2 or 3 reed?
>Would it play, (blow), easier or harder? Would you lose one of the
>registers, etc.,??
>Does it play easily now or does it take a lot of air pressure?-to get
>the volume you want?
>
It is pretty resistent, and won't be pushed beyond its limit, which is not
all that soft, but not so loud as a B-45, for example. With a softer reed,
you'll lose the altissimo. I had to go up in strength so I could hit a
high A, but still doesn't seem to bust the chops. On other mouthpieces, I
am more of a #3 kinda guy, but the O'Brien/4 1/2 setup is no more fatiguing.

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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