Klarinet Archive - Posting 000385.txt from 2006/08

From: "Dee Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Persistent Intonation Problem
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:32:18 -0400


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausmann1@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Persistent Intonation Problem

> 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.
>

I find that the Vandoren mouthpieces do quite well on my 1950s Leblanc
Symphonie II.

Dee

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