Klarinet Archive - Posting 000180.txt from 2007/12

From: Martin Marks <martymarks@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] C clarinet
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:45:20 -0500


On Tuesday, December 25, 2007, at 08:28PM, "Joseph Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling@-----.net> wrote:
>Keith Bowen wrote:
>> Yes the Amati uses a regular Bb/A mouthpiece. My Grabner works well, though
>> the Amati supplied ones are not at all bad.
>
>Still, I believe it's accurate to say that ideally a C clarinet would
>use a different mouthpiece. I'd be willing to bet that a lot of the
>intonation problems associated with the instruments stem from the fact
>that a regular Bb mouthpiece is slightly too large (think of using a Bb
>mouthpiece on an Eb instrument for a much more exaggerated example!).
>
>I remember Walter G. pointing out that of course, technically speaking,
>the A clarinet would best be served by a uniquely tailored mouthpiece too...
>
> -- Joe
>
I had a Vandoren M30 mouthpiece made 1MM shorter and a pin installed in the register key pad on my Buffet C clarinet. This was recommended by Mr. Bakun and it raised the pitch of the upper register. Although many players and technicians say that these C clarinets were designed to be played with a Bb mouthpiece, I doubt that to be the case because the barrel that Buffet ships with their C clarinets was
too long to be used with any of my mouthpieces. This led me to believe that these clarinets were designed and tested using a smaller mouthpiece. I did get one from Morgen which actually seemed to be a reworked Bb mouthpiece.
Martin
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