Klarinet Archive - Posting 000241.txt from 2005/02

From: "Howard Shertzer" <shertzhg@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] another mouthpiece question
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:57:58 -0500

Steve,
What you say makes a lot of sense because the tip openings on rubber are so
different than crystal.
Thanks,

Howard
Email shertzhg@-----.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Silverstein" <silverlionltd@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] another mouthpiece question

> Howard,
> the answer is in part about the material itself. If
> what you really want is crystal that plays like what
> you are used to by getting the nominal facing
> criterion equaled, it will fall short. The thicknesses
> and rail widths necessitated by crystal and modulus of
> elasticity that the two materials differ in are
> considerable. However they pale in contradiction to
> how the facings seem to start more abruptly with
> crystal. This makes that illusive dark pp that is
> hoped for difficult to attain. Because crystal facings
> are too often shorter than rubber, they "seem"
> resistant and larger in tip opening than they really
> are.
> Best, Steven Silverstein
>
> http://mail.yahoo.com
>
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