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Author: Anonymoose
Date: 2019-10-17 08:56
Anyone out there hand-selecting Vandoren mouthpieces and selling them? It is done with Buffet clarinets.
This seems like a great business opportunity. It also helps out the community of clarinet players.
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Author: TomS
Date: 2019-10-17 16:51
Each fall, before school starts, the local music store would get about 30 each of the popular models. I'd drive them crazy and pick an M13 and M13-lyre out of the lot. I didn't play them, just looked for clean, symmetrical geometry. And, usually my picks played very well. After a few years, would go thru my cache of MPs, keep the best ones and sell/give away the others ... taking up space in my tackle box.
Now using Reserve Evolution/440, and for quite a while.
Tom
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Author: Mojo
Date: 2019-10-17 18:01
What is done with all the Buffet clarinets that are not hand picked?
MojoMP.com
Mojo Mouthpiece Work LLC
MojoMouthpieceWork@yahoo.com
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Author: fernie121
Date: 2019-10-17 18:32
I much rather have my Vandoren adjusted by a refaced. Even the best Vandorens work best with some minor adjustments.
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Author: ruben
Date: 2019-10-17 18:37
fernie: it's funny that here in France-a clarinet manufacturing country-there is no one to readjust the Vandoren mouthpieces. I know the stars get their mouthpieces readjusted at the Vandoren headquarters -or at least did. The person that used to do that is now retired. We lesser mortals didn't have access to him.
rubengreenbergparisfrance@gmail.com
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Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2019-10-17 18:40
Fernie121 hit the nail on the head.
Most of the people selling hand picked R13s aren't just selling stock instruments. They generally perform a lot of adjustments to get them in perfect playing condition even after picking out "the best of the best". This is akin to sending a new mouthpiece out to be refaced. Regardless of how poorly a stock mouthpiece plays, an experienced refacer can make it play better than even the best stock mouthpieces.
-Jdbassplayer
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Author: Alexis
Date: 2019-10-17 20:49
Is it possible that one person’s trash is someone else’s treasure?
And vice versa
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Author: Kalashnikirby
Date: 2019-10-18 01:08
ruben,
you know Gleichweit in Vienna? They'll reface for a pretty moderate price and are renowned for great mouthpieces. I consider sending my old vandoren there and see what happens.
Personally, I wouldn't really recommend buying Vandoren anymore. Other mpc manufacturers deliver better and more constant quality. Both Europe and the US are blessed with some great ones, just need to search a little.
My L+K mouthpieces were so well done that a friend of mine asked if I've been taking clarinet lessons. Coming from a Vandoren B40 (it was nice, but not awesome...)
Best regards
Christian
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Author: fernie121
Date: 2019-10-18 04:35
I had a BD5 refaced that played better than anything else I ever tried until what I am playing now. I think they have potential. Unfortunately I dropped it, crushing the whole tip area. :(
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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2019-10-18 04:41
Christian,
Do you use L&K mouthpieces on a French Boehm clarinet? Which model L&K mouthpiece do you play? Have you tried their wood mouthpieces too? Hans Colbers in the Netherlands likes their wood blanks for Boehm mouthpieces.
Post Edited (2019-10-18 07:54)
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