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Re: German mpc/French Clarinet

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2008-03-10 02:44

Gee, I don't know if my experiences have been rather singular BUT the true German mouthpieces I have are actually SMALLER than French mouthpieces by a marked degree (closer in size to what would be a French "C" clarinet).

Now, another marked difference for me is that the tenon on the German mouthpieces is actually LARGER (due to the stresses normally encountered while winding the blattshnur around the mouthpiece). So I would think a German mouthpiece tenon would actually have to be machined down to work.

Finally, the acoustic differences would make tuning a nightmare. Of course I have not been in the market for the German horns since the mid-eighties, and if these diparities have been smoothed out that drastically over the years, I apologize for adding any confusion.

................Paul Aviles

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