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Re: Long vs. Medium-Long Facing length

Author: Vytas
Date: 2006-04-22 03:38

John S,

The problem with your chart is that there is no clear center point where the particular tip opening begins and where it ends. In this chart 1.10 mm tip opening can be medium close, medium or medium open. So it is very confusing.

Legit clarinet mouthpiece tip openings in US are in between 0.97 and 1.20 millimeters. Less than 0.97 mm tip opening is rarely used these days. Some German players still prefer very close tip with a long facing but in US it would be hard to find a player who use this type of facing. Tip opening around 1.20 mm is very popular in Europe. Some jazz or ethnic music players use very open mouthpieces with a tip opening sometimes reaching 1.60 mm. For classical music tip opening above 1.20 mm is rarely used.

USA (other counties might have different preferences)

tip opening in mm:

0.95 – very close

1.00 - close

1.05 - medium close

1.10 - medium

1.15 - medium open

1.20 – open

1.25 - very open

1.30&up – extremely open
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facing length in mm:

15 - short

16 - medium short

17 - medium

18 - medium long

19 – long

20&up – very long

Vytas Krass
Professional clarinet technician
Custom clarinet mouthpiece maker
Former professional clarinet player

Post Edited (2006-04-22 03:42)

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