Klarinet Archive - Posting 000377.txt from 2006/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Persistent Intonation Problem
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:36:17 -0400

At 10:12 PM 8/27/2006 -0700, clarni bass wrote:
>You should go to a store with barrels to try, but also
>I would suggest to try other mouthpieces. I have
>several mouthpiece that I can't use anymore because
>they play flat with my clarinet. You should try
>regular Vandoren mouthpieces (not the 13 series)
>beacause they are supposed to not be flat in pitch,
>and they are excellent mouthpieces and not too
>expensive. Try as many mouthpieces as you can.

I have yet to play a Vandoren Bb clarinet mouthpiece (B45, B46, B44, 5RV,
and 5RV Lyre) that did not play FLAT from C or so above the staff upward on
virtually any clarinet. No other mouthpieces I own or have played exhibit
this tendency at all. I do, however, own an old and beat up Selmer BT that
plays very SHARP in the upper register otherwise, but plays perfectly in
tune with a Vandoren! The basic truth you state, though, is still
valid: the mouthpiece COULD be responsible, so try some others. At one
time I used a short barrel until I changed mouthpieces and no longer needed it.

Bill Hausmann

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

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