Klarinet Archive - Posting 000354.txt from 2003/01

From: notestaff@-----.de (David Glenn)
Subj: [kl] mouthpiece lays
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:54:31 -0500

Georg Kühner wrote:

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>>>One of them was the so-called "French Curve," a concavity in the table
>>>which, when a reed was clamped on tightly with the traditional metal
>>>ligature, would cause the reed tip to sit away from the mouthpiece tip,
>>>improving staccato on what were mouthpieces with small tip
>>>openings.>>
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>>Most Zinner based mouthpieces have this "French Curve" or concave table,
>>unless the mouthpiece technician, deliberately flattens them.
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>>Many Vandoren models also have such a table.
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Let me take a guess as to what you meant to say!:

>I think this a really important part of the mouthpiece and should not be
>flattened! This makes it possible for the reed to vibrate better. If the
>table is flattened the is less resonance in the sound. And You can work with
>it. I do the traditional way of applying the reed to zhe
>mouthpiece_with string________I don´t know the correct expression for ________. And if
>a reed is a little bit to light you can work with the power you use on the
>_applying more string pressure around the middle of the mouthpiece_________.
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>Best Georg
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>>Walter Grabner
>>www.clarinetXpress.com
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