Author: Tony Beck
Date: 2007-02-07 13:09
Mouthpieces on Eb clarinets seem to be a lot more variable than on Bb. I currently have three Eefers (Noblet, Kohlert and Fischer) and their intonation, response and especially resistance are widely different. The Noblet likes a refaced B44. The others work much better with a refaced Woodwind Co. mouthpiece. I have another mouthpiece that plays beautifully, but have yet to find an instrument that will play in tune while using it!
The B44 came with the Noblet, and was a monster before refacing. It was far more open than the Vandoren specification said it ought to be, which made it very resistive, even with #2 reeds. At its best it sounded airy with no tone center at all, and response was terrible. It was probably a runt, but that shows the danger of sampling only one mouthpiece. The good news is that I played the instrument with that mouthpiece in the store, and the salesman could plainly hear how bad it was, so I got the horn for half price! Most of the problem was that awful mouthpiece.
Also, every eefer I’ve owned came with a barrel that was poorly designed and too short.
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