Klarinet Archive - Posting 000208.txt from 2003/05

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Eb and related Bb squeaking problems (was Re: [kl] Eefer Overhaul)
Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 11:43:18 -0400

Ken,

I have had ROTTEN luck using Selmer mouthpieces on ANYTHING but
Selmers. If these mouthpieces are the ones you had paired with
your Centered Tone, I would suggest trying other mouthpieces out
to suit your new instrument and it's individual idiosyncrasies.

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- Kenneth Wolman <kenneth.wolman@-----.net> wrote:
<<SNIP>>
> New problem now that the frozen barrel issue is behind
> me. Squeaking. Transition up to the second register B and C
> from the
> lower register and I'm encountering resistance that I can
> overcome only by
> adjusting how I hold the instrument in my mouth. Then the
> duck-calls
> erupt.
<<SNIP>>
> It seems also to
> happen on
> specific mouthpieces, namely the fabled Selmer HS* and the
> Pyne-Clarion
> medium...though it's far more pronounced on the HS*.
<<SNIP>>
> ken

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