Klarinet Archive - Posting 000386.txt from 2001/10

From: "Robert Moody" <LetsReason@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Eb Reeds for Eb mouthpieces
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:11:22 -0400

<<Facings are designed for a limited range of reed strength. You can't play
a Rico 2 on a Gigliotti P mouthpiece and get good results, just like you
can't put a Vandoren 5 on a B45. It just won't work, and trying to make it
work is an exercise in futility.>>

Ahh, though I kinda agree with your extremes (particularly the Rico and good
results), I think we are just going to have to agree to disagree, kind sir.

I really think that if I gave you a mapping of that person's mouthpiece to
the nearest micron in every measurement you can think of, you will have no
better success in your advice for a reed to the statement "I play on a
morgin mouth piece. VD 3 1/2 seem to hard I think" than I would with, "Try
a softer reed."

"If I am wrong, and I am never wrong...." ;-) [The Princess Bride]

Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Eb Reeds for Eb mouthpieces

> Robert says:
>
> <<But the point of telling a person, who is asking what strength reed to
use because their V 3.5 seems too hard, to give their facing information is
really and truly moot. This person needs to come to understand some "other"
things first before worrying about "matching" a specific strength with a
> facing. Their issues need to be addressed with a private instructor who
can sit and analyze what is going on.>>
>
> Robert, we are truly talking past each other.
>
> It is NOT moot to discuss the facing of the mouthpiece. However there are
other several other factors in play here. All "the facing" measures in a
curve and a opening amount.
>
> Factors like lengths of window, width of wondow at various points, curve
of the upper baffle, depth of the baffle where it meets the chamber, and
width of the tip rail are just as crucial as as "the facing" for tone
production and quality.
>
> Also, as you say, we're all different physically, and that's why there are
multiple "facings" available.
>
> I am stubbornly going back to my point that a specific resistance of reed
will match a specific facing.
>
> If one has an uncomfortable situation, maybe one needs to review the
mouthpiece choice, to find a facing that matches one's physical
requirements.
>
> Facings are designed for a limited range of reed strength. You can't play
a Rico 2 on a Gigliotti P mouthpiece and get good results, just like you
can't put a Vandoren 5 on a B45. It just won't work, and trying to make it
work is an exercise in futility.
>
> Walter
> www.clarinetxpress.com
>
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