Klarinet Archive - Posting 000465.txt from 2000/10

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpieces (Was: Changes to Elite and other Buffets)
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:53:22 -0400

Bill Wight writes:

<< Is an unsymmetrical mouthpiece a rare and specialized item, or a common item that I've never noticed? >>

Bill they are quite common.

There is no way to tell if a mouthpiece is asymmetrical without measuring with feeler gauges, the differences are way too small. We're talking differences in thousandths or ten thousandths of an inch from one side to the other.

And you're right. Gibson makes no mention of asyemmetry in his book on clarinet acoustics. Many other texts do take this up, however.

Walter
clarinetxpress.com

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