Klarinet Archive - Posting 000413.txt from 2002/03

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] mouthpiece openings for different size clarinets
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 14:39:36 -0500

This is for all you mouthpiece experts out there: how does mp tip opening
relate to the size of the instrument? That is, as all the dimensions of an
instrument are reduced as you go from an A to a Bb to a C to an Eb, do all the mp dimensions diminish proportionally? I know that many (most?) A players use their Bb mouthpieces, so it may not apply in that particular case, but certainly bass clarinet openings are larger - is it proportionally so? And if you like a particular Bb mouthpiece maker's style, and you want
to get a similar one for an Eb, should you stick with that tip opening or expect it to be proportionally smaller >>

Bill, in my experience there is no reduction as you ask. I use the same mouthpiece on Bb,A, and C. On the Eb, I have the identical tip opening.

Bass is, of course, a different story.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com

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