Klarinet Archive - Posting 000132.txt from 2001/08

From: "emily worthington" <emily.worthington@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Woodwind K10M (was: Vandoren B45/46 mouthpieces)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:59:51 -0400

I wrote:
> 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 blow!

I did get the mouthpiece out to give it a blow - and when I did, something
caught my eye. I saw what at first I thought was dirt inside the mp. I went
to clean it out with a swab. But when I looked in a better light I saw what
it really was: two deep scratches around the sides of the chamber (i think -
not to good with my technical terms) just below the level of the bottom of
the opening. Now I'm fairly sure I didn't do this as I only played on the MP
for a month tops when I got my clarinet. The reason I stopped was because my
sound was stuffy to the extreme - a permanent loud, wet hiss - I sqeaked a
lot. I couldn't control the sound. Would these massive gouges have anything
to do with this?
Any enlightenment gratefully received!
Em.

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