Klarinet Archive - Posting 000883.txt from 2001/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] how to choose a mouthpiece?
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:33:46 -0500

At 06:18 PM 1/26/2001 -0500, Karl Krelove wrote
The "RV" most likely stands for Robert Vandoren. The complete designation is
>just a model name. Vandoren mouthpieces are good mass-production
>mouthpieces. Many players, even at the professional level, use them.

I presume that that would be Mr. Vandoren's personal mouthpiece design, or
a derivative of it, since he named it for himself. Another example is the
Selmer HS (named for Henri Selmer) and it's progressively more open (and
more popular) variants the HS* and HS**. Selmer got into the mouthpiece
business making his personal model for others, but some wanted a more open
facing than the extremely close one he used, and thus a "star" was
born. :-) Jazz players looking for a still more open mouthpiece resulted
in the HS**.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

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