Klarinet Archive - Posting 000414.txt from 2004/05

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mouthpiece Suggestions
Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 14:48:41 -0400

Go to www.ClarinetXpress.com for his range of prices and available models.
He will work with you if a mouthpiece is not what you want out of the box.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicholas Yip [mailto:clarinets21@-----.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 2:21 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] Mouthpiece Suggestions
>
>
> How much are Grabner's mouthpieces?
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>
> Nicholas Yip
> Clarinetist and Music Teacher
>
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> >From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
> >Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> >To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> >Subject: RE: [kl] Mouthpiece Suggestions
> >Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 09:26:00 -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
> > >
> > > http://www.whosthatguy.com
> > >
> > > Chatten met je online vrienden via MSN Messenger.
> >http://messenger.msn.nl/
> > >
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