Klarinet Archive - Posting 000786.txt from 2000/11

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] new jazz clarinet?
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 07:37:47 -0500

At 09:04 AM 11/25/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>Re the mouthpiece bit - my Vandoren B44 bass mouthpiece is too short
>for Vandoren's *own reeds*.
>Roger S.

Roger,

I wonder if the mouthpiece was a mistake? We have a few B44s here and they
allow a standard length Vandoren Bass Clarinet reed on them. Are you using
tenor saxophone reeds perhaps? Or, is it possible someone has refaced it
and taken off quite a bit of material - making the lay sit below the lip of
the neck where the mouthpiece attaches. This is a problem with the Selmer
one piece basses and their plastic mouthpieces. Even a slight reface
causes the lay of the mouthpiece to sit below the lip of the neck and you
have to chop off the ends of reeds to get them to sit properly on the
mouthpiece.

What bass clarinet are you using?

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
Phone: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3121

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