Klarinet Archive - Posting 000122.txt from 2001/08

From: "emily worthington" <emily.worthington@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Vandoren B45/46 mouthpieces
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:59:41 -0400

Oooh! K10M - I recognise that MP! It's the one that came with my clarinet (a
Leblanc Sonata). I didn't get on with it though. Interesting to hear a
different opinion on them - when I got it I had never heard of the make.
Maybe I'll dig it out for old times sake and give it a blow!
Em.

>I personally prefer, for mass-produced mouthpieces, the
> Woodwind K series from Leblanc. They are more consistent and have more
> finishing work done on them than Vandorens. Most of my students can play
the
> K10M, which is a nice medium mouthpiece, and then some of them move up to
a
> K5M or even a professional hand-made mouthpiece after that.

----- Original Message -----
From: <EbKlarinet@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Re: Vandoren B45/46 mouthpieces

> Robert asked the list:
>
> << I would like to receive your advise on the B-45 and B-46 Vandoren
> >mouthpieces. Which of the two has more
> >tip opening? Does this means that the more the tip opens the easier it
is
> >to play? I know that the B-45
> >is one of the most famous mouthpieces around but I want to make sure
wich
> >of the two is more open and
> >easier to play.
>
> I would like to add to what others have said about these mouthpieces.
They
> really are too open for regular band or orchestral playing, assuming you
want
> to make a good legit sound. If you want to play in jazz band, or a
dixieland
> combo, they are fine. I have one, and that's what I use mine for. Also,
I
> think sax players who are doubling would be more comfortable, since the
> opening feels more like what they are used to on sax.
>
> The worse thing about these mouthpieces, however, is their inconsistency.
> There is a huge range of openings on any 10 B45's that you might measure,
and
> that just shouldn't be! Maybe I would let my hs students play on them for
> marching band (not really!) if they had an opening of 1.15, like they are
> supposed to, but they can be as open as 1.20! DUDE----that is a jazz
> opening! And you just don't know what opening you are getting unless you
walk
> into the store with some gauges and measure them!
>
> Think of all the kids out there who run out and buy them because that's
all
> they know about, because that's what their band director learned in their
> methods class 10, 15, or 20 years ago, when there were far fewer choices
of
> mass-produced professional-level mouthpieces available. Nowadays, we have
> many more choices. >
> So Robert, you have lots of choices out there. Please try more than 2
> mouthpieces made by one company and see what is good for you!
>
> musically yours,
> Elise Curran
> Orlando, FL
>
>
>
>
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