Klarinet Archive - Posting 000770.txt from 2003/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Quick query on the soprano sax
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:36:06 -0500

At 01:40 AM 2/24/2003 -0800, Kelly Abraham wrote:
>I do have a student using a Yanagasawa mouthpiece that is quite
>nice, and these mouthpieces are still being made. Selmer makes
>square and round chamber mouthpieces, so they might make a
>hybrid worth looking into also.

If you can find an old Selmer Soloist or "Soloist-style" mouthpiece (models
preceding the S-80) they have an "arch" chamber design (square on the
bottom and round on top or vice-versa). That chamber is only available NOW
in their Classic Series metal mouthpieces (NOT the Jazz Series).

Bill Hausmann

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

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