Klarinet Archive - Posting 000017.txt from 2005/10

From: Bart Rogers <drkevin2b@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpiece search
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 19:40:23 -0400

Other Kaspar-style mouthpieces include Brad Behn
(don't know much about him), and I believe Chris Hill
makes a Kaspar-style, too.

I always wondered why Richard Hawkins only makes
Chedeville copies.

--- Penny Ward Marcus <pennyw@-----.com> wrote:

>
> Well, after years of putting it off, I am planning
> to go on the great
> mouthpiece hunt. I had a lovely Kaspar Cicero that
> got me through several
> years, but was stolen years ago. Since then I have
> been using various
> mouthpieces, by Borbeck, Bill Street, a refaced C*
> (also Bill), and for the
> last few years I went to a stock Portnoy BP1. I
> really didn't like the
> Borbeck, as it was stuffy and unresponsive. (I think
> it was the individual
> facing, but others I tried later felt much the
> same.) I had trouble with the
> Bill Street mouthpieces because they were unstable,
> though I loved the Eb
> mouthpiece we had. (Sold, alas, with the Eb!) The
> Portnoy is ok, but I chose
> it because it was the most in-tune of the stock
> items I tried. There was no
> real love for how it felt or sounded.
>
> I am planning to try the Pyne Signature, Fobes
> Cicero, Lomax Chicago,
> Grabner Kaspar, and Fobes San Francisco Kaspar.
> (Easy to tell I miss my old
> mouthpiece, after all these years!) My Kaspar was an
> 11, I believe, but I no
> longer have the specs as taken by another mouthpiece
> maker when I was in
> high school, and I don't recall it having any
> facing marking. I know it was
> a very closed style, which I have been more
> comfortable with on other
> mouthpieces.
>
> I am interested in seeing a lively discussion about
> the merits of the
> various high-end mouthpieces. They are much more
> expensive these days, and I
> would like to get as much input as possible. What I
> am looking for is a
> mouthpiece that allows for great control at both
> ends of the dynamic
> spectrum, clean articulation, and good pitch. How
> have others on the list
> gone about their mouthpiece searches, what do you
> look for, and where did
> you find the answer, if at all? I am not alone
> currently in the search to
> replace a Cicero Kaspar. My friend Robin has
> recently lost one to damage,
> and I will relay any information to her (a Luddite)
> as well.
>
> Thanks for your responses!
> Penny
>
>
>
>
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