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Author: sonicbang
Date: 2010-12-12 19:22
I have been playing on a VD B45 and a B45Lyre for many years. When I wanted to try other mouthpieces I was warned I should stay at around B45's tip opening, because this is what I accustomed to. After that I was still stubborn and got a mouthpiece with 1.05 (!) tip opening and medium facing. Than I got one which is between them. All of them are excellent, with almost the same amount of resistance with (with proper reed) same feeling and a I can't stand to use both of them.
I would be curious about your opinion what is important or what danger can arise when you want to use a completely different mouthpiece than you used to use.
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Author: Arnoldstang
Date: 2010-12-13 04:12
I don't think there is a much danger. Certainly you have a bias as everyone does that uses any mouthpiece for an extended period of time. I guess the only value of recommending a similar opening to what you presently use is that there is slightly better chance for you liking it. There is nothing written in stone but just as you say "I am accustomed to". I have played many years and have performed on about 8-10 mouthpieces for extended periods of time. To get down to that 8-10 I must have purchased over a hundred to try and rejected most of them. I presently play on a mouthpiece I faced myself. Over the years i've played on openings from 1.02 to 1.20. They were all good. Your taste changes and your playing situations. Enjoy
Freelance woodwind performer
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Author: BobD
Date: 2010-12-13 13:19
If you haven't measured the tip opening you don't really know what it is.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2010-12-13 13:32
There are actually many other differences in mouthpieces other than the tip opening. Two mouthpieces of the same tip opening can play very different from each other because of all the other factors. The other is true too, two mouthpieces of different tip openings can play very similar because of the other factors. Usually if a person changes a mouthpiece to something entirely different from what they were using it's because they are looking for a different quality and or feel. If that's the case they have to work at it for a while otherwise they face the danger of slipping back to how they sounded or felt with the older mouthpiece.
I too changed mouthpieces several times over the years I've played. Since I've saved some of the ones I used to will try them now and then just to see how they feel and I'm always amazed that I was able to play them in the first place since they are so different from what i've been using the past 20 years. Some of the MPs I've used in the past are a Bonade, Portnoy, Wells, Bay O-L, Bay O-M, Pyne, a Rovner (experimental one, never went into production) and now a Morgan. I no longer have the Bonade, Portnoy or Rovner, probably sold them to a student years ago. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: Maestro_6
Date: 2010-12-13 20:29
Ever have a big ol' bag of mouthpieces presented to you, and you'd blindly select them until you found a great one? I unfortunately haven't had this opportunity, but its excellent for finding the right fit without prejudice and worry about mouthpiece brands and parameters.
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2010-12-15 16:19
I have such a bag.
I loan it to (mostly) kids who are allowed to toss their 'piece in the bag and then play them all and keep the ONE that they like the best.
Darn, despite the one-in, one-out rule, the bag seems to be getting smaller and smaller.
Bob Phillips
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