Klarinet Archive - Posting 000442.txt from 2002/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Question about Woodwind Company mouthpieces
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 10:27:56 -0400

At 09:20 AM 9/21/2002 -0400, Elise Curran wrote:
The numbers refer to the tip opening....a K5M is a 1.05 mm opening with a
>medium facing length, whereas a K10L would be a 1.10 opening with a long
>facing length, and etc.

I thought that might be the case. Thanks for the confirmation.

>...This mouthpiece is SO much better than a Vandoren B45 for the
>all-around playing
>that middle and high school students do...

I very much agree. It is not the mouthpiece I use for jazz playing (I
still get a bigger sound out of the Selmer C85 115), but it is PERFECT for
band work. By the way, as I believe I have mentioned before, I always have
trouble with Vandoren mouthpieces (have tried 5RV, B44, B45, B46 so
far). They all seem to play very FLAT for me in the altissimo register, a
problem I do NOT have with other brands. I do use a B46 on my old nasty
Selmer BT, though, since it corrects perfectly for its otherwise very SHARP
altissimo.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
451 Old Orchard Drive
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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