Klarinet Archive - Posting 000615.txt from 2000/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mouthpiece boring?
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:10:14 -0400

At 09:20 AM 8/21/2000 -0500, Ed Lacy wrote:
>My favorite alto sax mouthpiece is a Selmer C*, short barrel, made in
>approximately the 1950's, and purchased in a pawn shop in San Francisco. In
>my experience, this mouthpiece works well for most players, with most brands
>of saxophones, and with most brands of reeds. Why Selmer decided to change
>it has always been a mystery to me.
>
I suspect that changing tastes sent them in search of a brighter-sounding
(sorry, Dan) design, resulting in the square-chambered S-80 models. Why
they do not still offer the original chamber in other than their metal
line, given its great popularity, puzzles me, too.

Bill Hausmann NEW ADDRESS: bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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