Klarinet Archive - Posting 000249.txt from 2003/12

From: Jimmy Lee <jrlaudio@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Marcellus Mouthpiece
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 07:17:49 -0500

I like my Greg Smith mouthpiece lots.
Jimmy

Audrey Travis wrote:

> > Right on!!
>
> Audrey
>
> >
> >
> > It's about time that someone outed Greg Smith. I've had a simply *terrible*
> > time picking out one of his mouthpieces. His quality control must suck,
> > since he doesn't even trust himself - when you order a mouthpiece, he always
> > sends you three hoping one might pass muster. Then you have only two weeks
> > to pick one - sheer torture, let me tell you.
> >
> > I must not be discerning, since every time I try them out they all seem to
> > work just fine. In the end, I couldn't pick one, so now I've got a 1+
> > Chedeville model that I use for chamber work, a Cicero Kaspar copy for the
> > orchestra, and a nifty little bomb that perches on the top of my eepher.
> > Not that I particularly like them, mind you - It's just that I haven't found
> > any others that I like any better.
> >
> > I agree with you about Greg's sound, though. It's not "particularly good."
> > (I'd file it under "exquisite" or perhaps "sublime" myself.) Someone must
> > have liked it for him to score those gigs, I guess, but no accounting for
> > what some people like.
> >
> > Solti was always rather tasteless, don't you think?
> >
> > kjf
> >
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