Klarinet Archive - Posting 000228.txt from 2010/08

From: Michael Whight <michaelwhight@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Spit leakage on mouthpiece
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:27:17 -0400

Rachel

Try a Viotto N1+2 for a German style mouthpiece that works well on a Buffet. Bas de Jong in Rotterdam is the guy to get in touch with. Hope this helps.

Michael Whight

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On 19 Aug 2010, at 05:19, Rachel Roessel <gsurosey@-----.com> wrote:

>> 2. Since I understand from your introduction that you are a
>> multi-instrumentalist you must reckon
>>
>> that muliti-instrumentalism does not always go well with playing very stiff
>> reeds. One tends to
>>
>> have one major instrument.
>
> Bb/A is my primary; I don't play the other stuff nearly as much. I always
> thought that using harder reeds would help me not go through them as fast. I use
> Vandoren 56s, so it's not like I'm using student-quality reeds.
>
>> 3.It also depends on how much you practise.
>
> That's limited by hand/wrist problems. I wear a glove on my right hand and wear
> a neckstrap. When I play bass clarinet or (especially) alto sax, I have to take
> breaks more because the extra weight of them kills me. The tendinitis isn't as
> bad as it used to be; there were times when I could trace pain all the way up to
> my elbow! I played longer hours back then.
>
>> 4.Another point is that clarinet embouchure is very different from sax
>> embouchure. Just consider
>>
>> the angle of a sax mouthpiece compared to that of the clarinet.
>> I have played the bass clarinet professionally for many years and have
>> experienced that bass clar
>>
>> embouchure is closer to clarinet embouchure than sax embouchure.
>
> I have a tough time relaxing to play bass; I have a real tight embouchere
> usually.
>
>> 5 German mouthpieces are not as big as french mouthpieces.
>
> Suggestions? (Bb/A are Buffet R13s with a Moennig barrel).
>
> Thank you
>
> Rachel
>
>
>
>
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