Klarinet Archive - Posting 000375.txt from 2005/03

From: Georg K=?ISO-8859-1?B?/A==?=hner <520045578938-0001@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] THE TEST IS NOW READY
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:55:40 -0500

Am 10.03.2005 17:02 Uhr schrieb "Tom.Henson@-----.com" unter
<Tom.Henson@-----.com>:

> Dan,
>=20
> I would love to participate in this test, but alas, I will be in Germany,=
at
> the Wurlitzer factory picking up my Reform-Boehm "German Sound" clarinet.
>=20
> Following up on what Neil said about the Germans now using a softer reed,=
I
> can concur that those with whom I have discussed the mouthpiece options
> offered by Wurlitzer have all told me to test play an M4 with a 2.5 to 3
> strength German cut reed. I believe the tip opening of the M4 is about .9=
5
> with a 24mm length. I will probably try other mouthpieces that they make
> just to see what the differences are if I have enough time.
>=20
> Wurlitzer also offers barrels with a socket sized to match a French
> mouthpiece, something they don't advertise. I will be picking up a couple=
of
> these as well just to see what happens when you use a French mouthpiece o=
n a
> German bore. Something that Bernd Wurlitzer said can be done, although I =
am
> not sure how successfully.
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> I also have an appointment with Carsten and Hans Zinner to follow up on w=
hat
> they can offer me that will work well with the German bore in the way of
> German and French mouthpieces. I asked Carsten specifically what he thoug=
ht
> about using a French mouthpiece on the Wurlitzer Reform-Boehm clarinet an=
d
> he told me that they would have to make something up and have me test it.=
I
> am quite curious how that will go and will let everyone know when I get
> back. I have talked with a couple of people about this possibility, but b=
oth
> of them told me they had doubts that this approach would work well.

I can recomend to You a real good combination as I like it!
It's a so called Dresdner Bahn (tip opening about 0,86mm) with the strong
cut of the professional deries of the Peter Leithner reeds. These are the
only reeds I use instead of my on selfmade reeds.
Mr. Willscher makes a spare mouthpiece for me with this Dresdner Bahn - You
can ask if You cold test it!
It's the "old school" mouthpiece.

Maybe You like it
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> Finally, I will be stopping by AW Reeds in Nuremberg to find which model =
of
> their reed will work best on both the German and French mouthpieces and w=
hat
> strength. The only thing I need to do now is learn how to tie the string =
off
> on a German mouthpiece, but I believe that there is an excellent explanat=
ion
> available at the Woodwind.org website for this.

Many professionals in Germany use no string ligature nowaday!!! It's no mus=
t
:-))
>=20
> Good luck to all of those participating in the test. Wish I could, but I
> will be back in time to see the results.
>=20
> Tom Henson

Regards Georg

--=20

Georg K=FChner
Klarinetten (A/B/Alt/Bass), Saxophone (Alt/Tenor)
Salonorchester an der P=E4dagogischen Hochschule HD
alias "Heidelberger Saloniker"

Telefon 0621 527962

Georg.Kuehner@-----.de
georg@-----.de

http://www.heidelberger-saloniker.de

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67059 Ludwigshafen
Deutschland

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