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Author: Daniel Goodell
Date: 2001-08-21 17:24
Hello, i'm an alto sax player who wants to play some clarinet, but i want to know what would be a good mouthpiece for jazz. The only ones i have tried have not been very loud or bright, so what would be good for this kind of music? Thanks.
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Author: Robert Small
Date: 2001-08-21 18:12
Check out Ralph Morgan's jazz models (J5, J6, J7). Available from WW/BW. These pieces can play good and loud and with alot of edge. I use the J7 (.057" tip opening) on my Leblanc LL. You may want to start out with the J5 (.049" tip opening).
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Author: dan powell
Date: 2001-08-21 23:20
i use and recomend the rico royal metalite . belive me its loud and bright.the other day at big band practice the director actually told me to back off as i was to loud.and this was over a 18 peice big band! old vintage white brillharts also work well if you can find one
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Author: Pam
Date: 2001-08-22 02:09
I use the VanDoren 5JB also. Nice big sound. You'll need to go with a softer reed on many of these more open mouthpieces.
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Author: Frank Tiburi
Date: 2001-08-25 20:29
My vote also goes with Ralph Morgan ; I use the
J5 facing . Ralph has also come out with exact
replicas of Benny Goodmans mouthpieces . Benny's
estate loaned the ORIGINALS to Raplh so that he
could duplicate them . Haven't tried one, yet,
though..
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Author: Jon
Date: 2001-09-26 21:12
use a softer reed with any old mouthpiece, and that will give you a brighter tone. (like a 2-2 1/2)
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