Klarinet Archive - Posting 000437.txt from 2000/10

From: AlanWaldo@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpieces (Was: Changes to Elite and other Buffets)
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 16:29:36 -0400

In a message dated 10/09/2000 3:18:15 PM Central Daylight Time,
GSmithClarinet@-----.com writes:

> What does 'symmetrical' mean in this context?
>
> Thank you,
> Bill>>
> *********************************************
> Simply that the 2 side rails are even or are of the same curve. This
figures
>
> into all kinds of things about how a mouthpiece plays.
>
> Gregory Smith
>

A question from an amateur:
I would have thought "...that the 2 side rails would always be even or of the
same curve." Are there mouthpiece's that are built with uneven side rails on
purpose? Why?

Alan

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe from Klarinet, e-mail: klarinet-unsubscribe@-----.org
Subscribe to the Digest: klarinet-digest-subscribe@-----.org
Additional commands: klarinet-help@-----.org
Other problems: klarinet-owner@-----.org