Klarinet Archive - Posting 001176.txt from 2000/12

From: Tski1128@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] new
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 09:01:52 -0500

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In a message dated 12/22/00 8:35:11 AM Eastern Standard Time,
bhausmann1@-----.com writes:

> The B-45 is a very popular mouthpiece, but like all hand-finished
>

The last dozen or so Vandorens that I looked at were so obviously machine
faced ( Rails you could land a plane on ) as to make them little more that
very expensive blanks. I'm making my own mouthpieces on zinner blanks right
now, and a bunch of Washington pros are playing on them. But, I start all my
student on a Fobes Debut mouthpiece. A 2.5-3 legere works great on them and
the whole set up is under 45 bucks. these mouthpieces a so much better than
the vandorens, and way less expensive. I once played a concert on this rig
with the U>S Army Field band, I left my other mouthpiece in the double case,
And it played really great.

Tom Puwalski , the artist formerly known as Sarge

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