Klarinet Archive - Posting 000414.txt from 2005/02

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: [kl] General Warning Selmer C* bass clarinet mouthpieces
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:16:04 -0500

I just got done measuring four brand new Selmer C* mouthpieces. Not one of
them has a flat, level table! NOT ONE.

Depending on where you hold your thumb on the measuring glass, you get a
facing length of 38 to 60 or infinity!

There are either "high spots" on the table that make the measuring glass
rock like a teeter-totter, or there is a "falling-away" toward the bottom of the
table, making the table a concave curve. Or both. Several I have sent back
as unusable.

It is generally accepted that Selmer makes the best commercial bass clarinet
mouthpiece.

But, c'mon guys! You can do better than that!!!!!

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com
World-class clarinet mouthpieces

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