Klarinet Archive - Posting 000515.txt from 2004/11

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Embrouchure/reed-strength/clarinet question.
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 06:26:24 -0500


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Hausmann [mailto:bhausmann1@-----.net]
>
> >(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 have no experience with C85 (or any other Selmer clarinet mouthpiece,
though I've used them on saxophones). I looked it up on International Music
Suppliers' mouthpiece chart online, which only shows one somewhere in the
1.15-1.17 range - is the 1.05 version the same length curve?

Karl

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