Klarinet Archive - Posting 000142.txt from 2002/10

From: "Rebecca Brennan" <rjbrennan1221@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: painted mouthpieces
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 19:22:55 -0400

How about nobody ever talk about the painted mouthpieces again. Sorry I
brought it up! All I wanted to know was if the B45 mouthpiece was a
VanDoren, not how stupid you can make me feel. Okay, so I kept rambling, and
rambling, and rambling, and ram... I shouldn't have been so stupid and read
over what I wrote. I learned my lesson about saying anything to people who
are far superior to such a young student.

Now how do I unsubscribe........

>From: Anne Bell <bell@-----.net>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Re: painted mouthpieces
>Date: Thu, 03 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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>Anne Bell bell@-----.net
>Bayside HS Orchestra Director
>ABC Index: http://www.anne-bell.sneezy.org/ MUSIC LINKS!
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