Klarinet Archive - Posting 000178.txt from 2008/10

From: "Ronald Coleman" <ron.coleman@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] New blog about Molded mpcs VS Rod Rubber
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:37:33 -0400

Interesting thread. I don't know about the "whys" but in my 45+ years of
playing I keep migrating back to crystal. The sound (imo) is more mellow and
controlled in the altissimo especially. Of course there are many factors in
how a mouthpiece sounds and maybe the material has nothing to do with it. I
just know what works for me. (And apparently it does work as I have received
more than one comment on the wonderful tone that results when playing these
mouthpieces...).

The downside - they don't "project" quite as loudly (my perception) - so if
I want to really "stand out over the band", (which I rarely find the need to
do) I move to one of the more standard mouthpieces I have laying around.

Ron
Walla Walla Symphony
Whitman College
Walla Walla University

ron.coleman@-----.com

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