Klarinet Archive - Posting 000512.txt from 2004/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Embrouchure/reed-strength/clarinet question.
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:39:50 -0500

At 02:33 PM 11/14/2004 -0500, Karl Krelove wrote:
>You've already tried reeds and found an effect, but not necessarily a
>solution. Assuming a properly working clarinet, the next easiest thing to
>try changing is the mouthpiece. It is more or less axiomatic here that
>different players play best on different mouthpieces, that "one-size
>(brand/facing curve/tip opening/etc.)-fits-all" is wrongheaded. And it is,
>beyond a certain playing level. If your teacher's recommendation (the C85 -
>very open tip by modern symphonic standards, which is why you need very
>light reeds - is that the mouthpiece he plays on?) didn't solve the problem
>but improved it, a similar but less open-tipped mouthpiece might turn out
>better, like a C** or even a C* or an equivalent in the Vandoren line
>(5RVLyre, 5RV, 2RV, etc.), just as a series of experiments.

Keep in mind that the C85 mouthpieces come in multiple tip openings --
1.05, 1.15, and 1.20.

I find that the airy sound is a common result of using a too-hard reed.

Bill Hausmann

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

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