Klarinet Archive - Posting 000122.txt from 2005/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Eefer stuff
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:20:42 -0400

At 01:45 PM 9/12/2005 -0700, Bart Rogers wrote:

>I use a Hite mouthpiece on my Buffet E11 Eb. It's a
>nice mouthpiece, but I sound kind of thin. The
>Vandorens I have tried were impossible to play.
>
>Can anyone recommend an custom Eb mouthpiece that uses
>cut down Bb reeds? and experiences with others?

I use an Eb mouthpiece made by Roger Garrett, a former list member and
clarinet professor at Illinois Wesleyan University. I think it was made on
a Zinner blank. It sounds MUCH better than the Vandoren that came with the
horn, very "clarinet-like" throughout the range and not at all shrill and
nasal at the top. I use cut-down reeds on it and they fit well.

http://sun.iwu.edu/~rgarrett/

Disclaimer: I have no financial ties to Roger whatsoever, but I like his
mouthpiece. I also had him reface a bass mouthpiece for me.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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