Klarinet Archive - Posting 000289.txt from 2005/02

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] another mouthpiece question
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:40:28 -0500

Bill,

Perhaps you are a youngster!!!

Many a jazz clarinet player played on crystal mouthpieces in the mid-60's.

Kurt

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Sent: Feb 20, 2005 1:27 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
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

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