Klarinet Archive - Posting 001493.txt from 2004/03

From: "CLARK FOBES {USER_LASTNAME}" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Play testing mouthpieces
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:05:37 -0500

Tom,

OF COURSE I play test all of my mouthpieces. How can you possibly make a
mouthpiece without trying it? Making the professional mouthpiece is not just
putting a facing on a blank. It requires a good model and then careful
adjustment to make the mouthpiece play similar to the model.

BTW, I play only my own mouthpieces and have done so since about 1989. On
clarinet I am going back and forth between a CF on my custom Babbitt blank
and a CF+ on my custom Zinner blank.

As to the student mouthpieces, I give everyone a quick toot.

Clark W Fobes

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