Klarinet Archive - Posting 000136.txt from 2000/11

From: David Glenn <notestaff@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] new jazz clarinet?
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 20:18:22 -0500

jason.servetar@-----.com wrote:

> Thanks Dee for your response.
> Ok here is the rub, I wasn't the cork that did not fit, in the barrel but
> the RUBBER/PLASTIC. If it were only the cork, I'd be playing it now, but it
> was the actual mouthpiece itself. It was about 1 mm too wide. Has this
> happened to anyone else?
>
> I like you also like old horns. I really like my Revere, but it is
> kinda rare bird. No one can tell me that much about it, it has
> made in England stamped on the body, and appears to be cut from
> some nice dark wood with faint reddish stripes. Is there anyone else, out
> there
> actually still playing on one, or knows anything about them?
> '

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

If it's not a collector's item, why don't you have the barrel bored out so that
modern mouthpieces fit. That way you can try as many mouthpieces as you want
until you find one which fits.

If ever you want to play the original mouthpiece again for any reason, just put
some cork around the tenon.

David

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