Klarinet Archive - Posting 000785.txt from 2000/11

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] new jazz clarinet?
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 03:19:56 -0500

Re the mouthpiece bit - my Vandoren B44 bass mouthpiece is too short
for Vandoren's *own reeds*.
Roger S.

In message <3A1F320F.9042FAD8@-----.org writes:
> 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 I'd used had been replaced by one of the cousins who used the instrument in the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
>
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> 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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