Klarinet Archive - Posting 000346.txt from 2004/08

From: "Thiel, Mark" <thielm@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Material influence on sound...one more time
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:44:06 -0400


Kelly Abraham wrote:
. . .
>My assetion previously about Bb mouthpieces on C clarinets is less
>relative to this instrument than most I have played. I am playing on a
>Clark Fobes San Francisco mouthpiece on my C and love it, although I
did >have the end tenon on the mouthpiece cut down (professionally) by
1/16 inch >to even up all the oddities about the long notes (low E, F,
and F# and long >B, C, and C#) and the throat tones. Previous
discussions about using the >same mouthpiece with your A, Bb, and C
instruments I still think are >irrelevant, since the difference between
Bb and C or Bb and A are small, >but the difference between C and A
clarinets is more pronounced. I think >leaving a Bb/A mouthpiece and
then having a separate C mouthpiece is a good >idea, as you can be more
tailored to the idiosyncrasies of the individual >instruments.=20
. . .

If length is the issue why would you shorten the mouthpiece rather than
shortening the barrel? I understand that there might be other factors
that might differentiate the ideal C mouthpiece from the ideal Bb/A one,
but I'd think it would be nice to be able to at least try switching
mouthpieces. Just curiosity -- my total C experience is 20 seconds
playing a Ridenour at the OK symposium and I was thinking "Ooo, this is
fun, is there anyway I can justify buying one of these?" rather than
about tuning.

Mark Thiel

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