Klarinet Archive - Posting 000410.txt from 2004/05

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mouthpiece Suggestions
Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 09:27:08 -0400

Well, I'll throw Walter Grabner's name into the fray. I've recently bought
two mouthpieces from him that I like very much. They're very responsive,
seem to be much more reed friendly than the Gigliottis I'd been using, and
tune well.

Of course you realize, I know, that EVERYone's mouthpieces are meant to be
stable across registers, produce a focused, dark, and CLEAR tone, and be
easy to control. And I'm also sure you realize there's not a magic
mouthpiece that will make those high altissimo notes pop out all by
themselves. It's possible that the problem you're having with the Bays
you've used or tried is more a reed problem than one with the mouthpieces.

Not for you, Bryan, but for the younger students who read this list it maybe
needs to repeated that mouthpieces don't produce clear, "dark," "focused" or
any other kind of tone or response all by themselves. The sound quality
("character," Dan?) and response are the result of a combination of
mouthpiece, reed, embouchure, and support before anything even gets to the
instrument itself.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Crumpler [mailto:crumpletox@-----.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 10:11 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Mouthpiece Suggestions
>
>
> I am looking into changing my setup - primarily the mouthpiece -
> and wanted
> to sollicit some suggestions as to what to try.
>
> I've been playing exclusively on Bays (various facings) for the last 12
> years and am not really happy with them anymore. They lag on articulation
> and are a little too flexible - i.e. really sensitive to
> embouchure changes.
> I tried out 6 of his other models T, H1, and H3 (2 each) a few months ago
> and found them to be rather horrid for playing in the clarino & altissimo
> registers. I don't know if those particular ones happened to be
> warped, but
> I sent them all back. I couldn't get notes out above altissimo A
> to save my
> life no matter what reeds I tried. I need something a little more stable
> across registers that generally offers a focused, dark, and CLEAR
> tone, and
> something that's a little easier to control.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Bryan
>
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