Klarinet Archive - Posting 000213.txt from 2001/08

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Vandoren B45/46 mouthpieces
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 09:42:46 -0400

ANNIE writes:

<<I saw Kenny Davern perform at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, and I asked him what mouthpiece he played. At that time, about 3 years ago, he was playing a Vandoren B-45.>>

No disrespect ANNIE, but the fact that so-and-so plays a B-45, is really irrelevant. If I went through 100 or so B-45's, selected the one I liked best, touched it up here and there, and adopted my embouchure and reeds to the mouthpiece, I could probably play well enough that few would note any difference.

The vast experience of most players, however, is that this mouthpiece, albeit the "standard" in the industry, lacks certain necessary attributes.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com

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