Klarinet Archive - Posting 000002.txt from 2011/08
From: "Keith Bowen" <keith.bowen@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] A dip in the table.
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:20:41 -0400
Georg
I also use a German m/p (Wurlitzer) with a string ligature, which I use
because I think it sounds better (on a reform Boehm). However, I am ignorant
of the fine tuning aspect. Thinking about it, I guess that making the string
tighter forces a little curvature in the reed as it conforms to the dip;
this would make the reed stiffer. Is this the effect that you use?
Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: "Georg K=FChner" [mailto:Georg.Kuehner@-----.de] =
Sent: 31 July 2011 18:28
To: The Klarinet Mailing List
Subject: Re: [kl] A dip in the table.
Hello,
I'm back from holiday. I request a dip because I play old fashioned German
system kind of opening!
You need the so called "Hohlkehle" to make the reed vibrate. And the power
you use with the STRING ligature gives you the possibility to finetune the
whole thing:-))
Regards Georg
Am 24.07.2011 um 20:01 schrieb Mike Vaccaro:
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> Glen Johnston ALWAYS making a dip in the middle of the table of his
> mouthpieces though. It just did not work as well for me.
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> Mike Vaccaro
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> I have been deluged with questions off the air but with a little =
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> For the last 5 years I have worked to perfect a recreation of the old =
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> Brad Behn and I just had a long thread going on the Bulletin Board "Most =
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> Chedeville-Like" which is a pretty fair explanation of how we both arrived
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> on the rubber formulation we feel is most Chedeville like.
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> Chedeville will introduce a line of Professional Chedeville (I own the =
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> international copyright on Chedeville name mark and trademark) clarinet =
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> mouthpieces at ClarinetFest in LA in a week. Our business plan includes 4 =
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> variations of a blank and facings copied from and old Henri Chedeville =
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> mouthpiece and a Charles Chedeville mouthpiece. We also are going to
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> blanks to custom mouthpiece makers of the two blanks used for our own =
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> mouthpieces. I have sent out sample blanks (#1) to several mouthpiece
makers
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> asking for their recommendations on what they like and do not like about =
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> using a particular blank to make their rendition of a custom mouthpiece. I
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> will then make changes in the future blanks from a consensus of these =
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> observations. With CNC machined mouthpieces it is relatively easy to make =
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> tweaks that are impossible with molded mouthpieces without changing the =
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> cores. I will have Blanks 1 & 2 for sale at ClarinetFest in lots of 5 or =
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> The present blanks have a slight dip in the table which many say is =
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> characteristic of Zinner and some Babbitt blanks that they now use but =
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> others say that they only use a flat table to make their facings -
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> strokes for different folks. Mike Lomax is using one of the Chedeville =
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> blanks to offer a new premium mouthpiece called The Firebird - perhaps
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> our logo which features a Phoenix rising from the ashes
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> The third prong of our offerings will be an intermediate mouthpiece that
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> one consensus facing and is also CNC machined from hard rubber called =
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> Chedeville "Prime" at an affordable price.
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> I am not and will not be a custom mouthpiece maker, only a mouthpiece =
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> manufacturer.
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> L. Omar Henderson
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