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John Pierce Mouthpiece

Author: Clariphant in Bb
Date: 2006-10-09 03:27

I have 2 of these mouthpieces:
http://www.music123.com/John-Pierce-Jazz-Bb-Clarinet-Mouthpiece-i72035.music

They're great, but I'm wondering exactly who "John Pierce" is.
As far as I know, they're only available through WWBW/Music123, and I'm curious to see if anybody has information on them.

Also, what would be a Vandoren or other mainstream brand mouthpiece with similar measurements to it? The measurements below are what I got at another message board:

Window length: 32mm
Window width at tip: 12mm
Width of lay at tip: 15mm
Length from tip to shoulder: 73mm
1.397 millimeter tip opening

I'm asking, because if it breaks and is unavailable, I'd like to know if there is a widely-available mouthpiece with similar characteristics.

Lastly, I'm using strength 4-4.5 Lurie reeds with it. Is it wrong to use hard reeds with a "jazz mouthpiece?"

Post Edited (2006-10-09 03:28)

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