Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2007-05-31 19:51
Since the reed and mouthpiece are the essential generators of clarinet (and saxophone) sounds, it is the "gate" or limiting step.
You can't much add sound afterwards...
Conversely, I believe that the comfort of the mouthpiece for each user is paramount - if it is a strain to play, the player will not be able to sufficiently practice to handle the widdly bits at hand.
Finding the right combination of reed and mouthpiece for a given player, that's the purview of the makers out there, I've had best results with one made by Dave Spiegelthal (a regular poster), Walter Grabner and one I made myself which incorporated a facing from DS and an internal shape similar to WGs.
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