Klarinet Archive - Posting 000789.txt from 2003/08

From: Erik Tkal <bbtkal@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] the age old quest of finding the right mouthpiece.
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 09:40:29 -0400

At 06:26 AM 8/28/2003 -0600, you wrote:
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> In the mean time, she tried out the Clark Fobes Debut mouthpiece and
>sounded better on it than on her Vandoren. In fact, she is thinking of
>ordering another one to use at school. She sounded so much better than
>she has been sounding, that I am wishing Clark had a contract with the
>Buffet company to have his "Debut" mouthpieces put in all of the
>clarinets manufactured at the factory. In fact, if somebody will send me
>their address, I will write the Buffet company a letter. Francios, are
>you out there? ANNIE

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I had a similar experience trying to match a mouthpiece to me and my R13, though still with Vandoren. I had been playing on a B45 and in trying a friend's M13 found that I had a much better tone. So I tried a bunch of other mouthpieces and found that I really clicked with the Vandoren M15 (who knew?). A couple of weeks later (last week) I had my second lesson and I didn't tell the teacher. After playing some scales he looked at me with an astounded look and said "What are you doing differently from last time?" He said my sound had vastly improved.

In fact, my friend tried it on her Leblanc and liked it much better than her 5RV-Lyre, so she ordered one as well. However, the one she got was not the 13 series (even though the box said so) and she was tending toward the sharp side, so she swapped it for the right one and is also quite happy now apparently.

Erik

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