Klarinet Archive - Posting 000514.txt from 2003/07

From: "Jay Webler" <webler@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] B45 strikes again
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 23:19:48 -0400

I'm sure it's merchandising strength some as the misconception that bigger
is better. The B45 is often
chosen by Band Directors because it is "louder" but being louder does not
necessarily equate with
getting the sound out of the Clarinet into to the room. I have played with
many who do have
a B45 whose sound does not get passed the end of there Bell even though they
are louder.

Jay Webler

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ormondtoby Montoya" <ormondtoby@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] B45 strikes again

> My teacher at the time actually took my B-45 away from me and told me to
> buy something else instead. Until it arrived, I used the Yamaha
> plastic mouthpiece that came with my student horn, which still sounds
> reasonably OK to me today.
>
> (She returned my B45 when she saw that I had actually taken her advice,
> I have three B45's - one refaced and one with a different exterior angle
> - gathering dust now. When I offered to donate them to other students
> on tight budgets, she threatened to confiscate them again rather than
> allowing me to give them away.)
>
> It's merchandising strength that spreads so many B45's across the land,
> IMO.
>
>
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