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Mouthpiece chips

Author: oian
Date: 2006-08-05 04:47

Please forgive my ignorance as I am very new to the clarinet (or any musical instrument for that matter). I have a Selmer Signet Special that I am trying to learn to play, basically self teaching. I've had a lot of trouble with the usual newbie squeaking and squawking. When I looked at the mouthpiece I noticed some small chips along the tip with the largest on the corner of the air passage. On the chance that this might be part of the problem I filled them with some dental resin that's used to do fillings (leave it to a dentist!) and restored the original shape. Much to my surprise the instrument seems to be a lot easier to play and almost all of the squeaking/squawking has disappeared. The lettering on the mouthpiece is "The Peddler Co. Elkhart Ind. With 1 and a star on the side.

Is it my imagination or can such small chips cause such big problems?

Thanks for your comments, John

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