Klarinet Archive - Posting 000873.txt from 2001/01

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] how to choose a mouthpiece?
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:42:38 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ginger Calkins" <gicalkin@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] how to choose a mouthpiece?

> It's the newbie again. I barely resisted the temptation to mush all of
> my questions into one, really long, really hard to answer post. But I do
> have another question.
>
> I play on an old Vandoren 2RV mouthpiece that I got in junior high
> because the band teacher recommended it for me after I chipped the cheap
> one that came with my Wurlitzer plastic clarinet.
>
> What does the "2RV" designation mean?
>
> Is this a "good" mouthpiece?
>
> How does one choose a new mouthpiece? Why would you choose a new
> mouthpiece? This is what I've had for my whole playing life and I'm
> perfectly happy with it, but that might be just because I'm too
> uneducated to know better.
>
> Any thoughts, comments would be helpful.

This is in general a good mouthpiece. The latest version of this is
designated as the 5RV but I don't know what it stands for. Unless it is
chipped or damaged in some way, it should work fine for getting back into
the clarinet.

Dee Hays
Michigan

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