Klarinet Archive - Posting 000067.txt from 2004/01

From: Rob C Chaney <robratc@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] mouth piece & Ligature
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 23:52:32 -0500

Is there any suggestion on a ligature or are most the same? Is there a
good one for a Hite Premier mouth piece? I know this on says five were
played the same. I mentioned before my ligature screw was broken and I
can't get a screw for it. While I'm asking about clarinets, mouth pieces,
and ligatures; I am just wounding what kinds (or Brands) of reeds does
everyone use? I play with 2 1/2 and usually Rico's. If I had more money
and could get more the 1 to 5 reeds in a pack I would get better reeds.
The only problem is Sam Ash is about the only music store who carries
reeds. The local store in town only carries rental instrument (very
expensive and over priced). During marching band I broke my last reed so
I had to get one from my director and he only had one Vandoren left, no
Rico's like usual or any others. I tried playing with that and it sounded
so much better then my Rico's I usually play with. If they weren't so
expensive I would play with them instead. That Vandoren lasted almost a
month in marching band season with heavy use most of the time. Most of
the Rico's are so cheap with regular playing (45 minutes in band a day
and half to hour of practice a day - more practice on weekends).
Does anyone else have the problem if you hit reply and it displays the
address for Klarinet then it goes only to the person who sent the message
that you are replying to not to the Klarinet list.
On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 19:02:01 -0600 Linde Lynn <linde@-----.com> writes:
> The Hite Premier is a fine beginner mouthpiece, although the Fobes
> Debut is
> better (in my opinion). The Yamaha 4C is yet another decent
> beginner
> mouthpiece. All 3 are good bargains for what they cost. The rest
> of the
> "cheap" mouthpieces (under $30) are not usually recommended. As
> many
> people will tell you, mouthpieces are an individual thing. A good
> student
> of mine (HS Junior) recently switched from a Vandoren B45 to a Fobes
> Nova
> and her sound was instantly bigger and rounder! I had her test 5
> different
> mouthpieces at one time and out of the 5, this one outshone all the
> others.
> That might not be true for you, however. And it costs money to
> have 5
> mouthpieces shipped to you only to return 4 of them. The cost of
> the trial
> was about $20 on top of the mouthpiece she purchased. She and her
> parents
> are thrilled by the improvement, so it was worth it. A couple of
> weeks
> later I had her and myself try several different ligatures. Not a
> one made
> a difference for either of us! If you're serious about playing,
> save up
> some money (up to $100) and call one of the large music stores (WWBW
> or
> Weiners) and have them send you 4-5 mouthpieces. Read their
> mouthpiece
> trial information carefully.
>
> Linde
>
>
> At 07:19 PM 1/1/04 -0500, you wrote:
> >I am currently using a Premier by (David?) Hite mouth piece. Is
> there any
> >opinion (with this group why wouldn't there be) on this mouth piece
> about
> >good or bad things?
>
>

The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand!
Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER!
Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Klarinet is a service of Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org