Klarinet Archive - Posting 000369.txt from 2006/03

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] sound question
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:26:59 -0500

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GrabnerWG@-----.com wrote:
> Basically - we are all different. World Class players do not ALL play
> on super close mouthpieces with boards for reeds.

Some play on very open mouthpieces with very soft reeds... Takes all sor=
ts.

Out of curiosity, what kind of range of wider facings do you offer,
Walter? I know that with custom work you do just about anything but the
widest I found on your site was the CXZ_K14 which was advertised more as
a jazz/doubler mouthpiece.

Personally I tend to use very open facings (the current one is about
1.24 x 24mm, so, very open and very long), but I have one of your K11
mouthpieces which I also like a lot---which was a pleasant surprise,
because I don't usually get on with close facings.

> I tell customers "Nobody plays your clarinet but you. You pick what
> works and what sounds best, no matter what any one expert recommends".

About 5 years ago I went to a shop to try out some instruments. The
sales guy asked me what mouthpiece I played on---at the time it was a
Vandoren B40. He said, "Oh, I don't like that. You should play on a 5RV=
=2E"

I didn't go back. :-)

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