Klarinet Archive - Posting 000086.txt from 2003/12

From: "Ramirez, Jeff" <ramirez.jeff@-----.med.va.gov>
Subj: RE: [kl] Experts opinion regarding Bb clarinet mouthpiece
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 12:50:04 -0500

While the material is important a better question might be what
characteristics fit the different players"
* Beginners
* Intermediate
* Advanced
* Professional
* Jazz
* Band
* Opera
* Other like chamber music

Another factor is price ranges:

* $40-75
* $75-100 &
* $100 +

I grew up with a woodwind G-7 which many teachers liked in California at the
time. I restarted on a gigliotti P32 after laying off for 15 years. It is
a good precise mouthpiece especially for intermediate students. The more
open P2 and P3 are personal choices Recently I switched to a Vandoren M-30
which has a lot of the characteristics of many expensive custom mouthpieces
for a very reasonable $52-57 depending on the catalog.

I would not mind hearing a discussion about ideal characteristics of the
mouthpiece itself. The material comes with the choice of brand and facing.

Jeff Ramirez, Pharm.D.
(202) 273-8428

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Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 12:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [kl] Experts opinion regarding Bb clarinet mouthpiece

M. A. Mirza wrote:

> 1. Mouthpiece made of African Black Wood
> 2. Mouthpiece made of Plastic

There is a 3rd alternative: hard rubber. Hard rubber and 'plastic'
(often acrylic plastic) may appear to be the same material at first
glance, but they aren't. I would guess that hard rubber is the most
popular material for mouthpieces (in modern times), especially in the
middle-priced range.

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