Klarinet Archive - Posting 000172.txt from 2011/06

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpiece Facings and Breath Span
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:35:37 -0400

hns692@-----.com wrote:
> I'd pose that unless someone, somewhere, has done some very exact record
> keeping for a very long time for Mr. Deplus to extract his comments, no
> evidence exists to substantiate Deplus' comments, and speculation is really all
> we have. Considering the number of players, countries, instruments,
> personal technical idiosyncrasies, mouthpieces, reeds and everything and
> anything else that goes along with playing the instrument, we really have never
> had the ability, and maybe not even with the advent of computer technology to
> assist, to prove or disprove any trends regarding MP facings and breath
> spans.

I'm not sure why you would conclude this. Most mouthpiece
manufacturers, with the possible exception of the true mass-market
commodity makers, have kept very detailed records of the mouthpieces
they have made. I remember discussions on this very list earlier in
this century between two mouthpiece makers comparing their curve
statistics and justifying each one.

--
Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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