Klarinet Archive - Posting 000497.txt from 2002/09

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Changing mouthpieces
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 00:39:07 -0400

David,

Just curious, since I am playing on a Vandoren M15 now...what do
you not like about the sound in orchestra? (curious, since I
don't really tape myself playing enough.) Do you like the sound
in chamber concerts, even though you don't in orchestra?

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu> wrote:
<<SNIP>>
> I believe this thread started with a question about the
> M13/14/Lyre mpcs,
> which I played for a while. My RSO colleague and I saw lots of
> these
> mouthpieces, because we got them for students, and we always
> picked them
> over in case there was something we liked better than what we
> had. Our
> impression was that 1.) they were pretty consistent - more so
> than the
> B45 types from Vandoren, and 2.) they responded and tuned very
> well. My
> beef ultimately was that I didn't like the sound of the mpc in
> the
> orchestra. All the Zinner blank mouthpieces had a nicer
> inherent sound. I
> know the scientists will say that material (like size!)
> doesn't matter.
> OK, so I'm crazy.
<<SNIP>>> </rant>
> </soapbox>
>
> David
>
> David Niethamer
> dnietham@-----.edu
> http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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