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Author: dad
Date: 2000-03-31 00:32
I would like your impressions of the Richard Hawkins mouthpieces and barrels.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-03-31 00:52
I didn't know Richard made barrels, but his mouthpieces rank up there with other fine hand made and/or finished mouthpieces.
I play on one, and know Richard personally. The only real drawback that I've come across on his mouthpieces that is "generic" to them is that they don't play very loud. Luis Rossi redoes the facing a bit to make his personal one a bit louder - but then - is it a Hawkins anymore?
Everything else is "to taste".
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Author: dad
Date: 2000-03-31 01:50
I will bow to your superior knowledge about the barrel. It was the impression that I got from a friend of mine.As I think about it,maybe it is a Pyne barrel. It is synthetic.
The reason I ask about the mouthpiece is because my ensemble
friend was always tuning sharp until he switched to the
Hawkins mouthpiece. Over the past year he has used the same barrel, but has tried many mouthpieces and various setup combinations before finding the "Hawkins Cure".
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-03-31 01:56
dad wrote:
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I will bow to your superior knowledge about the barrel.
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I don't know that he <i>doesn't</i> make barrels, only that I haven't seen any.
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Author: Gregory Smith
Date: 2000-03-31 03:07
dad wrote:
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The reason I ask about the mouthpiece is because my ensemble
friend was always tuning sharp until he switched to the
Hawkins mouthpiece. Over the past year he has used the same barrel, but has tried many mouthpieces and various setup combinations before finding the "Hawkins Cure".
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DAD,
Actually, the reason for the drop in pitch is because the blank is made by Zinner. The Zinner blank has a larger chamber because of the deep "swoop" to the baffle....part of the reason that the blank's tuning ratios are superb. Resembles the classic Henri Chedeville mouthpiece of many decades past in this respect.
This is one of many reasons that I use my proprietary version of the Zinner blank for my hand crafted mouthpieces.
Gregory Smith
Clarinetist
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mouthpiece Handcraftsman
Email: Gregory@gregory-smith.com
WWW.gregory-smith.com
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Author: James
Date: 2000-03-31 14:41
I have played on a Vandoren 5RV Lyre for many years and decided to try a handmade mouthpiece. I tried two Hawkins and a Pyne. I did not like the Pyne (not saying it is bad, lots of people play them, just didn't work for me) but I really like one of the Hawkins mouthpieces. I have been playing it for about 2 weeks and the tone is much more centered and the pitch is better even though I have not gotten used to where all the notes are. I think I was so used to humoring certain notes and now I don't have to so it is an adjustment. I do have trouble playing as strongly as I did with my other mouthpiece. I also am using a Daniels 3 1/2 reed and it seems to work really well. I need to check out more Vandorens on the mouthpiece. This was long, but that's the way it's playing for me so far.
James
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Author: H Santana
Date: 2000-03-31 21:47
Anyone know anything about a Guy Hawkins mouthpiece? or a Penzel-Mueller clarinet, ARTIST model made of Grenadilla wood?
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