Klarinet Archive - Posting 000266.txt from 2006/10

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Kinda OT: Saxophone Mouthpieces?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:17:51 -0400


David,

If you like that you should try one of mine made from the old Vandoren S jazz blank.

Kurt

-----Original Message-----
>From: David McClune <dmcclune@-----.edu>
>Sent: Oct 18, 2006 6:09 AM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Kinda OT: Saxophone Mouthpieces?
>
>I like the Selmers on an Alto (after fixing them-same as Kurt) , but
>love the Vandoren T35 especially the new Optimum TL3 or TL4 for the
>tenor. There is a richness in the sound and ease of playing which is
>wonderful. My lead tenor player in the University Jazz Band plays a T35
>with Vandoren Jazz reeds and sounds great. He just got out of four
>years in the Army band at Fort Knox playing lead tenor! My own setup
>with a T35 has been used many times playing the tenor parts in the big
>Prokofiev works with the Memphis Symphony.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Dr. David McClune
>University Professor of Music
>Director of Bands/Woodwinds
>Union University-1862
>1050 Union University Drive
>Jackson, TN 38305
>
>Office-731-661-5294
>dmcclune@-----.edu
>www.mcclunemouthpiece.com
>
>>>> "thomaswinds" <thomaswinds@-----.net> 10/17/2006 10:43 pm >>>
>Hi all -
>
>I don't usually teach saxophone, so I am hoping those of you that do
>can
>help me out. If I should go somewhere on the web to ask, please let
>me
>know what sites are good. I do play and do understand about sax
>embouchure.
>
>I just got a tenor sax student who's in 6th grade, in the Breeze Easy
>2nd
>book. He has his grandfather's Mark VI tenor...yeah, we know how much
>it's
>worth, and it IS worth it! The tone is gorgeous. And No, they aren't
>
>selling, LOL. He also has his gpa's Selmer C* mouthpiece
>with original facing, and plays on Rico Royal or similar 3.5s. We just
>got
>him a BG lig.
>
>It's almost impossible for him to get anything lower than an E. It's
>not
>the horn, I've played it, and Vince Marinelli worked on it, it's fine.
>We
>have been working on the embouchure and breathing, that's not the
>issue. I
>have a feeling it's the mouthpiece, it seems to be a really long
>facing.
>You slide a piece of paper down there, and it goes almost a whole inch.
>
>Maybe even more. I think it's too much mouthpiece for him right now.
>
>Can anyone suggest a good but not overly expensive tenor mouthpiece for
>a
>student? How are the Hite Premieres for tenor sax? What about
>Meyers?
>What facings should I look for?
>
>I play on an old Woodwind mouthpiece on my alto. Would something like
>that
>be good for him?
>
>Any help is GREATLY appreciated!!!!
>
>Lynn
>
>
>
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