Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 2002/10

From: Anne Bell <bell@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: painted mouthpieces
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 17:46:49 -0400

Well.... as far as being precision engineered... Rebecca states:

All of them use the
ones that came with their instrumets, which are NEMCs and Geo M. Bundys.

There is one exception though. One of the clarinetist's mouthpiece is old,
but is says "B45" and it sounds good.

If the "exception" sounds good- with the connotation that the others don't
then somehow I don't think having to replace one of these mouthpieces would
be the biggest crisis in the world. Let them paint them and then buy a
good student mouthpiece from Clark or elsewhere!
Best Wishes,
Anne

At 12:41 PM 10/2/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>yup , you're right, it was a tad harsh
>
>ok presuming the author is in fact a young student:
>
> 1. please don't paint it, there's a small possibility it could warp the
>mouthpiece, destroying its tone. a mouthpiece is a finely engineered,
>designed and manufactured piece of equipment. treat it carefully and with
>respect and it will give you years of service. mines been use for 20
>years - still plays fine - and i treat it very very carefully.

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