Klarinet Archive - Posting 000783.txt from 2000/11

From: Rhea Jacobs <rhea-j@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] new jazz clarinet?
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 22:29:19 -0500

Funny you should ask...(sorry this is late, but I've been out of town and
off-list for a couple weeks).

When I took up the clarinet again after 37 years, I found that the mouthpiece
I'd used had been replaced by one of the cousins who used the instrument in the
intervening years. I didn't much like it, and my teacher suggested a Vandoren
B45, which I subsequently bought. I had the same problem you had: it was too
large for the barrel. At my local music store, we tried every B-flat clarinet
mouthpiece in the store, with the same results.

Soon thereafter, I bought a terrific R-13 on eBay (after doing due diligence on
the seller, checking his website, etc.) and am using the Vandoren on it. I'm
still a bit upset about not being able to swap out the mouthpiece on my old
Selmer, to which I am very attached.

Rhea Jacobs
rhea-j@-----.net

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?
> '
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dee D. Hays [mailto:deehays@-----.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 4:41 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] new jazz clarinet?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jason.servetar@-----.com>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 5:21 PM
> Subject: [kl] new jazz clarinet?
>
> > ... Why would that old Vandorn 5RV fit and not the new 5JB? Did the
> standard
> > change after 1950? Is there some modification I could make to a new
> > mouthpiece to get it to fit? (Sanding?)
>
> The standard has not really changed. Sometimes the corks on new mouthpieces
> are oversize and sometimes they just get a little swollen from the humidity.
> All you would have needed to do was take it to a technician and have it
> sanded down a bit. I wouldn't recommend you try it yourself as there is a
> proper method to get it to come out even. It's not hard but you would need
> to have someone show you how. The cork on the used mouthpiece had either
> been sanded down in the past or was just permanently compressed from usage.
>
> >
> > Second question: A few weeks ago a pin broke in my Revere and I had it
> fixed
> > along with my (c#) mechanism, but will keep falling apart, needing
> repairs,
> > and use only vintage mouthpieces? Is it just time to start looking for
> > something better? Any recommendations for a sweet sounding Jazz setup,
> would
> > be welcome? Primarily something used, I can bid on ebay for. In the
> archives
> > it said Bennie Goodman used a Buffet R 13, and mentions for the Buffet
> > Festival and Leblanc Pete Fountain. I am looking for something that will
> > stand up to hour a day practice, and help me play some sweet jazz.
>
> No you don't need to use only vintage mouthpieces (see above). While I
> don't know about your particular instrument, older horns don't particularly
> keep falling apart if they were quality horns to start with. If they are
> properly taken care of, only infrequent repairs are needed. I personally
> play on a 40+ year old Leblanc and my back up horn is a 60 year old Pruefer.
>
> As to whether you need a different horn or not, I can't say. Benny Goodman
> also played Selmers for a good many years. But what works for one person
> may not work for another.
>
> Dee Hays
>
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