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Author: wjk
Date: 2004-08-30 23:41
Yes, when I play my Chedeville mouthpiece I feel like a sheet of velvet is emanating from my R-13. Were it only 1938, and I was onstage at the Paramount....
I don't get this feeling with my Van Doren mouthpieces. Does the mouthpiece make the man---ie, does the Chedeville "magically" create these sounds or does it somehow inspire me to new creative heights?
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Author: Bellflare
Date: 2004-08-31 00:05
Neither...It is the ectoplasma aura emanating from it.
Rub the Ched against the Vandy three times, bury the Vandy during a full moon and keep it there for a month. Then try the unearthed Vandy...viola' ! the aura will have transfered from the Ched.
The Force is strong in this one.
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Author: Tom J.
Date: 2004-08-31 00:44
Hey, I can sell you some "goober dust" to sprinkle on your Vandoren mouthpieces and a "mojo" to keep in your case for a very reasonable price.
Guaranteed to work !!!
Otherwise, try soaking your mouthpiece and reeds in Cuervo, that will re-configure the molecules.
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Author: Bellflare
Date: 2004-08-31 01:01
To heck with the reeds....soak us all in Cuervo....we will ALL sound great.
I am a Legend in my own Mind.
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Author: 3dogmom
Date: 2004-08-31 01:25
don't you ever wonder whether all this mouthpiece stuff is in our heads? Somebody a few days ago wondered whether you sound the same to other people as we sound to ourselves. I mean, we all talk about mouthpieces, ligatures, reeds, blah, blah, blah, isn't it really what is the easiest to play with the clearest sound? (Maybe it's just that the mouthpiece doesn't make the woman, at least this woman).
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2004-08-31 12:47
It's all in the thumbrest cushion.รด
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Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
- Pope John Paul II
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Author: BobD
Date: 2004-08-31 13:04
Yes,Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. The mouthpiece does make a difference....all kidding aside.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2004-08-31 16:12
I don't know about you, WJ, but a couple of 'em tried real hard "to make a man outta me" ! ![[frown]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie2.gif)
- ron b -
...so, Benny became famous and, I didn't....
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2004-08-31 16:22
I tend to think you will begin to sound like yourself no matter what..unless of course your on a student stock piece and you will sound bad no matter what.
As to the Chedeville facings they tend to produce a nice deep sonority with a fairly bright palette of colors...they also are nicely tuned so this will add to a feeling of rightness.
David Hite was very helpful with making getting a D facing of his to match my older Chedeville which had worked well for me...until of course it developed alot of erosion issues.
David Dow
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Author: wjk
Date: 2004-08-31 18:03
I will say the Chedeville has encouraged me to practice more and this has likely improved my tone and technique. It is also more "reed friendly" than my other mouthpieces---it has saved me time fiddling and adjusting reeds (which I don't particularly enjoy).
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Author: jo.clarinet
Date: 2004-08-31 19:47
I was experimenting today and put an old Ridenour mpc, which I'd got on eBay, onto my Leblanc LL. I was startled by the difference - the clarinet really sang, and my articulation sounded so crisp and clear! I'm certain it wasn't my imagination, because I wasn't expecting anything in particular.
I'm certainly going to keep that combination going!
Joanna Brown
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Author: donald
Date: 2004-08-31 20:05
i have played "vintage mouthpieces" that were exactly as you described- a sheet of glowing velvet. lovely.
i've also played vintage mouthpieces that made this lovely sound (ok, it was ME making the sound, true), but were very difficult to control.
i've also played vintage mouthpieces that didn't sound particuarly better than a refaced Vandoren.
there's no harm in looking around- if you've found something great, then congratulations to you!
but i wouldn't go so far as to say "the mouthpiece makes the man" (or should that be, "the mouthpiece makes the person"?)
keep playing the good tunes
donald
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2004-09-01 15:15
I use a Greg Smith grenadilla wood mouthpiece that he fashioned for me from my favorite Kaspar Cicero 13. Practice makes the artist, but a good mouthpiece is a wise investment. I've played for 45 years now and have spent megabucks on these babies!
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Author: BobD
Date: 2004-09-01 16:08
I have one wood mouthpiece and it makes me sound so good I hesitate to use it. I know we rant a lot about whether wood or plastic horns sound different but don't recall that the controversy has been extended to mouthpieces. I'm inclined to lean toward believing that there are scientifically sound reasons why wood mouthpieces might have the potential to sound better than other materials. They also have disadvantages as mouthpieces which are obvious.
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2004-09-01 19:48
Why not do a search for the subject of wood vs. hard rubber or plastic? There have been years of discussions here on Sneezy about such things. Here's one I participated in a couple of years ago.
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=46892&t=46882
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Author: BobD
Date: 2004-09-01 22:11
Thanks Brenda....and nice to see you again. No thanks on the search thing,however......
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2004-09-02 01:07
Yes Bob, I perfectly understand. Endless reading is...endless. One either loves wood mouthpieces or one does not love them. They don't last quite as long as rubber or hard plastic and are a bit more quirky in temperature changes. That's a summation of the longer discussion of a couple of years ago.
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