Klarinet Archive - Posting 000767.txt from 2001/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mouthpieces
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:32:50 -0500

At 07:19 AM 1/23/2001 -0600, Roger Garrett wrote:

>You may not be aware that one M15 (I guess we are using random
>numbers.......) may not be anything like another M15 - therefore, they
>don't stand any kind of a "better chance" statistically. If one has a tip
>of 1.12 with a curve of 6, 12, 22, 34, and the other has a tip of 1.16 and
>a curve of 7, 12, 24, 36..........do you still feel you have a
>statistically better chance of being close in potential tone quality than
>some other mouthpiece? Why do you think so?

I may be way off base here but, empirically, it would seem that the baffle,
sidewalls, and chamber design would have the largest effect on the TONAL
qualities of a mouthpiece. The slight differences in the facing curves
would be mostly affect the RESPONSE of the mouthpiece. If I am correct,
then the two mouthpieces you hypothesize above should SOUND very nearly the
same, although they may FEEL different, and may very well require different
REEDS to achieve that sound. If they would truly sound radically different
with just minor facing variations, it seems pointless to bother having
model numbers at all!

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

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