Klarinet Archive - Posting 000606.txt from 2001/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Calling all composers
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 07:05:25 -0400

At 09:33 AM 5/25/2001 +0100, Tony Wakefield wrote:
>I`m off to the woodwind dept this morning to try the "profile" Vandoren
>M/P`s. Have you ever tried them. I`m told they are more comfortable in the
>mouth due to the less steep beak angle. Not that I have been in any
>discomfort for the last 40 years. So why change now I hear you ask? I have
>to say I don`t know. I`m searching for the Holy Grail I s`pose.
>We`ll see!

I would think they would be of the greatest use to sax doublers, since the
angle more closely approximates that of a sax mouthpiece. Not that I have
noticed much problem with that myself, except when playing in a pit
recently for "Pajama Game." The quick switch from tenor to clarinet during
the overture always caused a few strange feeling measures before I adapted,
but I think the change of resistance was mostly to blame.

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

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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