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Author: Bill
Date: 2001-03-23 13:06
Do new soprano C clarinets, such as Buffet, Leblanc and Selemer, come with a C mouthpiece? Can a Bb mouthpiece be used with a C clarinet?
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Author: Aaron
Date: 2001-03-23 14:37
typically Bb mouthpieces are used on C clarients, however if you are willing, i'm shure you could have a Bb mouthpiece specially made for a C clarinet.
A mouthpiece will probablly come with the horns, but many times these are just plastic no name brands or really cheap mouthpieces, I'd just stick with your Bb mouthpiece for the start.
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Author: Steve Epstein
Date: 2001-03-23 15:10
My Patricola C did not come with a mp, but came with two barrels. A Leblanc Noblet I tried came with a Woodwind K-10-M mp (Bb). I bought one of those for my Patricola, but eventually decided it was unsatisfactory. I now use a Selmer HS*.
From my own experience as well as what I have read of others, mp's for C's are tricky. You use Bb mp's, but you have to find one that is right for you. The big issues in my case were getting the high notes in tune and keeping the the instrument from getting too loud.
Hope this helps. Also, just curious, what kind of music do you intend to play on your C?
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Author: Robert Small
Date: 2001-03-23 17:43
Many Bb mouthpieces will play flat on the C soprano. Ralph Morgan's J series are designed to play sharp on the Bb soprano (the barrel must be pulled out to bring the horn into proper pitch) so they are likely to play in tune on the C soprano with the barrel pushed all the way in. They are also nice playing pieces.
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Author: Charles
Date: 2001-03-23 22:18
I recently bought 110 years old Buffet C clarinet and have it restored. It looks new. Thanks for great work. I couldn't believe it's 110 years old. The mpc came with the horn is useless. The barrel is plastic, tunable. As you know, it's not easy to play in tune. I'm still fighting to get the right barrel size. In some point, I can play all lows and highs in tune but throat G,G#,A,A#. They are way flat. Yes, It's not easy.
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Author: Doug Ramsdell
Date: 2001-03-23 22:40
As a matter of fact, modern C clarinets are engineered to use Bb mouthpieces. At one point I was looking into purchasing a 90-some-year-old Buffet C clarinet,and with my Bb mouthpiece it sounded like absolute hell--intonation just all over the map. . All the factory reps I talked to subsequently said their new C clarinets ALL were equipped with Bb mouthpieces. I have a theory, though, that older C clarinets had C mouthpieces fitted--and slightly longer barrels than modern C clarinets. Incidentally, C-melody saxophones from the 20s and 30s had their own mouthpieces (and by the way, Bb tenor & Eb alto mouthpieces don't work on the C melody either). All of this is complicated by tuning considerations for older soprano clarinets built before 1938--when almost every part of Europe had their own tuning standard for A, be it 440 or 435 or 438 or whatever. It's all pretty nutty, but it keeps life interesting.
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Author: Chris Hill
Date: 2001-03-23 23:02
I just use my Bb mouthpiece on my Noblet C clarinet, and a Chadash barrel. However, I've fixed up a few mouthpieces for people specifically for C clarinet. One interesting thing is that my Chedeville C clarinet plays pretty well in tune with a Bb mouthpiece, but not with the wooden Chedeville mouthpiece that I got with it.
Chris
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Author: William
Date: 2001-03-23 23:33
I have a Buffet E-11 C clarinet (Chadash barrel, shortened) that accepts my Bb/A mouthpiecies with no resulting intonation problems. In fact, it plays very well in tune--lots better than my effer (Yamamha "pro level" instrument).
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