Klarinet Archive - Posting 000079.txt from 2011/09

From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Klarinet Digest, Vol 19, Issue 17
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:11:39 -0400

"Woodwind" was the mouthpiece brand of the G. Leblanc Corporation (prior to
the Selmer takeover). They made pro hard rubber mouthpieces, too.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Roberts
> Subject: Re: [kl] Klarinet Digest, Vol 19, Issue 17
>
> Rachel Roessel wrote:
> > The new clarinetist in one of the community orchestras I play in has
> a "Woodwind" mouthpiece on her clarinet. Is it a decent mouthpiece?
>
> I assume that's a store model from Woodwind & Brasswind. They are
> stencils -- manufactured by someone else, with the Woodwind logo
> slapped
> on. They are, essentially, "generic" brand -- the kind you get by
> default on a student clarinet because they are expected to supply
> SOMETHING in that hole.
>
> > We did some experimenting?because her throat tones are so sharp, they
> show up on a tuner as a flat half-step up (meaning she played throat A,
> which would show up as a G on a tuner; it registered as a flat G#).
>
> Is the rest of her range sharp as well? She might just need a longer
> barrel. It would behoove her, however, to go down to her local music
> store and try a half a dozen different mouthpieces to see if one of
> them
> gives her a better experience.
>
> --
> Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
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