Klarinet Archive - Posting 000060.txt from 2008/07

From: "Christy Erickson" <woodshome7@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: Tenor Sax Mouhpieces
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:29:07 -0400

Thanks for the ideas. I don't live close to any large music stores and I
have been using Weiner's mouthpiece trial program as well as the Woodwind
and Brasswind. I will try the saxophone lists also but I've belonged to
this list for years and I knew there were many doublers here who might be
able to help.

I believe the saxophone teacher I've worked with uses a Winslow ligature but
I never thought about asking if I could try it out. Then again, maybe I
shouldn't do that. If I like the ligature I'll be on another search to find
one.
Christy Erickson

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From: <hns692@-----.com>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 12:30 PM
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Subject: Re: [kl] RE: Tenor Sax Mouhpieces

> One suggestion would be that if you live close enough to a large music
> store
> with a good stock of woodwind supplies, to haul your sax to the store and
> sit and try out what they have available. If you like a softer reed,
> you
> probably need an open mouthpiece, so if you're currently playing on an
> open
> mouthpiece, the reed needs to stay 2-1/2 to 3; on a closed mouthpiece, try
> going
> up a notch or two. I use a Bonade inverted on all my ligature
> instruments.
> They reproduce sound well and are relatively inexpensive. I dislike a
> neoprene (hard, rubberized fabric) ligatures because they don't tighten
> down well
> enough and tend to stretch, and I have a personal dislike for the sound
> they
> reproduce. Large music stores -- Weiner and Woodwind & Brasswind have
> trial
> policies and once you have found suggestions from current Mark VI
> players, you
> should be able to use the mouthpiece trial to try them out.
> (_www.weinermusic.com_ (http://www.weinermusic.com) , _www.wwbw.com_
> (http://www.wwbw.com) )
>
> The "Saxgourmet" sight I believe is a list such as the Klarinet. You
> might
> have some broader input from their site because sax people probably
> outweigh
> clarinet people and you should run into some good information.
>
> My favorite ligature would be the Winslow, but the only place I've been
> able
> to find them is on Ebay and the bids go way up, although it wouldn't be a
> bad idea to search for them and at least see what they look like. Unless
> you
> know someone who has the ligature and you are able to try one (finding
> someone
> who uses them, tho, could be considered in the category of "acts of
> god").
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Lee Ann
>
>
>
>
>
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