Klarinet Archive - Posting 000123.txt from 2001/08

From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Vandoren B45/46 mouthpieces
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:59:42 -0400

Hello all,

Has anyone played on a vandoren M15? I am trying one in attempts to get a
more focussed sound partly by using a closer facing than my bay or rossi
mouthpieces. I can play on a slightly harder reed with the M15. The sound
is smaller, though, than on the others. But it does sound better when
recorded than the others. I think part of this is because of the greater
reed strength but I'm not sure.

Mouthpieces certainly are mysterious, at least to me.

Stewart Kiritz
amateur in palo alto
----- Original Message -----
From: "emily worthington" <emily.worthington@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Vandoren B45/46 mouthpieces

> 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>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 5:01 PM
> 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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