Klarinet Archive - Posting 000286.txt from 2005/02

From: "Howard Shertzer" <shertzhg@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] another mouthpiece question
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:51:44 -0500


The point may be moot, since I just discovered Pomarico discontinued their
alto clarinet crystal mouthpieces.

Howard
Email shertzhg@-----.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausmann1@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] another mouthpiece question

> At 03:00 PM 2/19/2005 -0500, Howard Shertzer wrote:
>
> >What you say makes a lot of sense because the tip openings on
> > > rubber are so different than crystal.>>
> > >
> > > In what way are they different?
> >
> >
> >The very close crystal Pomarico alto is 1.3 mm
> >The closest Selmer is 1.35
> >
> >The very open crystal Pomarico is 1.5
> >The very open Selmer is 2.3
>
> I would presume that is by manufacturer's choice. Few jazz players play
> crystal mouthpieces, so such a large facing would be unnecessary (or,
> perhaps no jazz players use crystal because nobody makes one open
> enough). In either case, the numbers you cite do nothing to explain why
> crystal mouthpiece facings should be so different from rubber ones. In
> fact, the Selmer HS* used to be available in crystal as well as rubber,
and
> the O'Brien OB* is also essentially the same.
>
>
> Bill Hausmann
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
>
>
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