Klarinet Archive - Posting 000248.txt from 2003/09

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] C clarinet mouthpiece
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 04:09:43 -0400

On my Noblet C, I use a very old second-hand Buffet mouthpiece with a
narrow tip opening.The Leblanc mouthpiece supplied was wildly sharp in the chalumeau
and flat above c''', and my other B flat mouthpieces - apart from
the Buffet - behaved similarly to a lesser extent.
Roger S.

In message <A5D66E6B6F478B48A3CEF22AA4B9FCA307110E@-----.org writes:
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>
> Thanks, Walter, for your suggestion of a new barrel for a C clarinet
> that has intonation problems. My Noblet C did have such problems with
> every Bb mouthpiece that I tried on it. It was mostly the altissimo
> range, also including high C (two lines above the staff), which was
> flat. I purchased a Morgan C mouthpiece and those flat notes weren't
> flat anymore. Perhaps a new barrel would have accomplished the same the
> result, with the added benefit, as you pointed out, of not having to
> move a reed from one mouthpiece to the other when changing clarinets.
> ---Richard
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