Klarinet Archive - Posting 000093.txt from 2003/08

From: Tski1128@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpiece selection - from a B45 to ??
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:53:44 -0400

Ok, for playing klezmer and if you're use to a B45. I'd try a Fobes Debut, or a Morgan rm15. The fobes is a extremely inexpensive mouthpiece,notice I didn't say say cheap, and built so much better than a vandoren it isn't funny. The fobes and the morgan have a similar facing to the B45 so you will find it easy to adjust. The morgan has the added advantage of being able to play higher in pitch over the entire range of the instrument. This is really handy when playing klezmer with a higher than normal accordians with extra sharp musset reeds in them.
I have a freind, down in pershing's own who just switched from a B45 to the Morgan RM15 and he sounds awsom.

I've been moving away from the morgans for clasical playing I'm using a Heinz Viotto CG2 or my Fobes Em something. The viotto is giving me a very creamy sound, that is very smooth in the legatto.

I would caution blaming very bad intonation on a moutpiece! In my experince other things will play a greater role in intonation problems. Tone hole sizes, barrel lenth, pad hight. If that is your reason for switching mouthpieces, have your clarinet looked at by a very competant repair person. Make sure the horn is in correct adjustment before mouthpiece hunting.

Tom Puwalski, former clarinet Soloist with the US Army Field Band, Clarinetist with Lox&Vodka, author of The Clarinetists Guide to Klezmer

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