Klarinet Archive - Posting 000068.txt from 2012/01

From: Martin Marks <martymarks511@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Barrels
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:29:14 -0500

Not only are they longer but in the quest for darker sounds the bores
have gotten larger and the new Vandoren 13 Series are considerably
flatter than the traditional Vandoren clarinet mouthpiecea. The 13
Series Vandoren mouthpieces are supposed to tune to A440 but on a cold
clarinet they will often play very flat until the clarinet is warm.
This is of particular concern to doublers who often must play on cold
instruments, thus the need for 64mm or sometimes even 63mm barrels
even on newer clarinets

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Lelia Loban <lelialoban@-----.net> wro=
te:
> Nancy Buckman wrote,
>>It has been my experience that the mouthpiece will sometimes make a huge
> difference in in pitch on different clarinets. >
>
> I'm an amateur and still emphatically denying that I collect clarinets,
> although I do seem to own, er, quite a few of them . . . and yes, I agree
> with Nancy that the mouthpiece can affect the pitch. =A0The relative leng=
th of
> the mouthpiece to the barrel to the upper stack above the topmost keys has
> varied considerably over the decades and from one manufacturer to another.
> In general, I find that modern mouthpieces are longer than antique or old
> vintage mouthpieces, and consequently the newer beaks often make old
> clarinets play flat.
>
> Lelia Loban
> http://www.scoreexchange.com/search?composer=3DLoban
>
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