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Re: For bass: Vandoren B30, B44, B40

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2012-03-07 15:53

Noverbuf, that is not true. A good mouthpiece is the most important item for any size clarinet. It's what allowes you to give you your voice outside of your body. Everyone has a voice, just like a singer, but with a wind instrumet it has to be projected into something outside of your body, with a clarinet, it's the mouthpiece. By the way, I've played several very good Selmer C* in my days, it may not be the best mouthpiece of most players but if you find a good one, it can be very good and can easily be voiced by a good mouthpiece person to play excellent, as is the one that I've been using in my professional position for the last 7-8 years or so. A stock C** before that for 40 years. As a matter of fact, when trying many of the other major names mentioned above, I have found all of them, every single make and model, bass clarinet and clarinet moutpieces, to all be inconsistant. One can be free blowing, the next a bit stuffy, the next brighter, the next darker. I've never tried several of any type and found them to be of the same quality. That's why I've always suggested that once a student finds a brand and facing they like they should then order 3-4 of them and choose the best one for them. That's what I've always done with my students and sometimes the C* was indeed the best for a student. ESP ( bass clarinetist in the Baltimore Symphony for 49 years now, going for at least 50 :-)

ESP eddiesclarinet.com

Post Edited (2012-03-07 15:55)

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