Klarinet Archive - Posting 000501.txt from 2003/07

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] B45 strikes again
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:48:31 -0400

In a message dated 7/17/2003 2:07:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, bosma@-----.net writes:

> So how would a lay person go about discovering if the B-45 they have been using is one of the good ones or one of the bad ones? I should measure something? Obviously, if the sound doesn't come out, it's bad, but y'all are making me wonder if a different mouthpiece would be a good idea.>>

Wendy -

If your mouthpiece allows you to pay what you want to, when you want to, and HOW you want to (including in tune) then look no further.

My ISSUE is the number of "stock" mouthpieces I see that are so badly "out-of-spec" that literally cripple a students ability to learn to play their instrument correctly. The mouthpiece I tried, literally could not be used to play the upper register of a bass clarinet, and I've been playing for 40 years, and can play on almost anything.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com
"in spec"

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