Klarinet Archive - Posting 000003.txt from 2011/08
From: Georg.Kuehner@-----.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Georg_K=FChner?=)
Subj: Re: [kl] A dip in the table.
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:21:12 -0400
Dear Keith,
right. But never too strong because then the reed can't vibrate.
Regards Georg
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Am 01.08.2011 um 20:20 schrieb Keith Bowen:
> Georg
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> 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 ignor=
ant
> of the fine tuning aspect. Thinking about it, I guess that making the str=
ing
> 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?
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> Keith
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> -----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.
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> Hello,
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> 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:-))
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> Regards Georg
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> Am 24.07.2011 um 20:01 schrieb Mike Vaccaro:
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>> I prefer a flat table. That's just how I think it works best. I do
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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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>> 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 =
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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
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>> using a particular blank to make their rendition of a custom mouthpiece.=
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>> will then make changes in the future blanks from a consensus of these =
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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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>> L. Omar Henderson
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