Klarinet Archive - Posting 000121.txt from 2005/04

From: Ellis Johnson <ellisjohnson@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Crystal mouthpieces
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 19:39:07 -0400

thats good to know. I was also wondering, if there are any jazz
players out there, what the general consensus on crystal mouthpieces
in jazz. I play in big bands as well as in combos.

On Apr 8, 2005 11:33 AM, Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu> wrote:
> Indeed they do, and it took me years to discover that they chip sometimes
> with the slightest contact with the edge of a metal ligature. Metal is
> evidently sufficiently unforgiving to produce a shock wave big enough to do
> the dirty deed. I went through about 3 Selmer S crystal mouthpieces, never
> knowing why they were inexplicably chipping on me until one day when I
> lightly contacted the thin top edge with my ligature and I saw the tiny
> chip which was produced. I haven't had another chip produced since then
> and it is about 5 years since that happened. I do have two Mitchell Luria
> crystal mouthpieces sitting in a box waiting for the fateful day, however.
>
> Oliver
>
> At 09:56 AM 4/8/2005, you wrote:
> >Crystal mouthpieces don't seem to wear, BUT they do change rather rapidly
> >when dropped.
> >
> >Clark
> >
> >
> >
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