Klarinet Archive - Posting 000034.txt from 2004/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Followup Re: Baxter-Northrup C Clarinet
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 21:29:24 -0500

At 03:28 PM 4/2/2004 -0800, Bill Stivers wrote:
>...All that being said: the one thing about the horn that worries me is
>the mouthpiece. It's of an odd size, haven't broken out my calipers yet,
>but it definitely seems to be a uniquely "C" clarinet mouthpiece, even
>though it takes Bb reeds just fine. Anybody ever run into this
>phenomenon, or have anything to say about the vagaries of C clarinets from
>the first half of the 20th century?

I would definitely try another mouthpiece and see how that affects the
intonation. It might bring up the pitch. Of course, it might also screw
up the evenness from note to note, so...

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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