Klarinet Archive - Posting 000670.txt from 2000/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mouthpiece boring?
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 06:51:55 -0400

At 06:32 PM 8/22/2000 CDT, Daniel Stover wrote:
>I like the Soloists, but can never afford one when i have the chance to buy
>one. I own one of the Soloist 'style" mouthpieces for alto and tenor, but
>play a Rousseau 'New Classic' model on alto. The Rousseau has the similat
>'horseshoe' chamber but a much lower baffle (there's no square side opposite
>of the 'horseshoe', it's flush with the bore wall) The Selmer just doesn't
>have enough punch for me (plus my partner is borrowing it until he gets a
>mouthpiece that works better with his 1934 Conn.
>
Interaction between mouthpiece and instrument can be critical. I have
found that the C*, particularly the S-80 version, does not work
particularly well with my OTHER alto sax, a 1930 Martin "Typewriter." The
intonation gets squirrelly. A metal Otto Link, with its large open
chamber, normal for that time period, suits it far better. I have read
that this often happens; that on saxophones you should use a mouthpiece
design from the period of the instrument for best results. The
Soloist-style C*, although I might really rather have a C**, gives a
wonderful sound on my Yamaha YTS-52 tenor, though.

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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