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 Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: Vova Doob(UA) 
Date:   2013-10-14 21:30

What is your favourite mouthpiece?
(no discussions, only brand name and model, in the end will see what mtp is most popular among players.)
Let`s start!

Clark W Fobes Europa #5

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: MGT91123 
Date:   2013-10-14 21:46

Vandoren 5RV lyre

Buffet E-11
Buffet Moening Barrel, 65 mm, Backun Protege 65mm
Vadoren BD5 Mouthpiece
Vandoren M/O series gold Lig.
Gonzala's FOF Reeds 2.5


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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: AAAClarinet 
Date:   2013-10-14 21:51

Fobes. CWF

AAAClarinet

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: Tony F 
Date:   2013-10-14 23:20

Selmer c85-115

Tony F.

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: bethmhil 
Date:   2013-10-14 23:58

Vandoren M30

BMH
Illinois State University, BME and BM Performance

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: kdk 2017
Date:   2013-10-15 00:40

Do you mean this week or last week?

:)

Karl

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: joe423 
Date:   2013-10-15 00:46

Pyne Clarion

1975 Buffet R13 Bb Clarinet
1968 Buffet R13 A Clarinet
Pyne Clarion Mouthpiece
Vandoren V12 3.5 Reeds
Vandoren Optimum Ligature

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: CHUCKO 
Date:   2013-10-15 01:26

The MARCONI made for our friend Henry Marconi by LeBlanc back in the 70's



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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: clarnibass 
Date:   2013-10-15 04:21

Hard choice between lips and tongue...

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: john4256 
Date:   2013-10-15 06:05

B and H 10 10 Symphony original mouthpiece bought in 1953!! Still going strong! Also a Peter Eaton mouthpiece.



Post Edited (2013-10-15 06:09)

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: clarinetguy 2017
Date:   2013-10-15 11:07

Gennusa Excellente (GE*)

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: Barry Vincent 
Date:   2013-10-15 11:57

M13 / M13 Lyra / B40 Lyra / B45 dot / B45 / TR Eroica
I regard all of these as equally suitable in various reed combinations.

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: Ursa 
Date:   2013-10-15 14:39

For B&H clarinets: B&H mouthpiece, no model marking, refaced by David Spiegelthal
For French-style clarinets: Coast X4, refaced by Brad Behn



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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: Roxann 
Date:   2013-10-15 14:46

Selmer C 85 / 105

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: MartyMagnini 
Date:   2013-10-15 17:13

Backun Orchestra +

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: acermak 
Date:   2013-10-15 17:52

Fobes Nova (for the contra alto)
B45 (for soprano)

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: Alseg 
Date:   2013-10-15 18:47

Monette B2L


Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-





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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: LarryBocaner 2017
Date:   2013-10-15 19:55

Ralph Morgan RM-05. But I have friends and students playing on the new Rico Reserve X5 -- excellent, especially for less than $100.

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: gsurosey 
Date:   2013-10-15 20:16

Eefer: Vandoren B40 (refaced)
Bb: Fobes CWF
Bass: Fobes Debut
Alto sax: Fobes Nova SC

----------
Rachel

Clarinet Stash:
Bb/A: Buffet R13
Eb: Bundy
Bass: Royal Global Max

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: Vova Doob(UA) 
Date:   2013-10-15 20:55

5 RV Lyre for metal clarinet

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: davyd 
Date:   2013-10-15 21:39

Dunno about "favorite", but currently using VD 5RV Lyre on Bb and VD 5RV not Lyre on A.

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: Ken Shaw 2017
Date:   2013-10-15 21:54

Kalmen Opperman, reworked and adjusted to my clarinet, embouchure and preferences while I was sitting in his studio testing each change.

Ken Shaw

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: JJAlbrecht 
Date:   2013-10-16 01:06

Greg Smith Chedeville or Grabner K13* for Bb
Behn Artist for Eefer

Jeff

“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010

"A drummer is a musician's best friend."


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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: OpusII 
Date:   2013-10-16 09:48

You could also ask what is your favorite color.... many different answers will follow...

Bb - Vandoren 5RV lyre
Eb - Viotto RH

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: NBeaty 
Date:   2013-10-16 17:43

*Yawn* Best mouthpiece or most popular? Definitely not the same thing.

If a reason for thinking a mouthpiece is the best is that it's most popular, you've got some thinking to do.

Icing on the cake: There has already been an extensive thread having people list their equipment. I would be curious to see if you could go back to that thread and analyze the data, but the conclusion would still be a curiosity and not something that really helps anyone choose equipment.

I don't mean to be harsh, but unless you include a question like "what does this mouthpiece allow you to do that others don't?" or something else that hasn't been addressed already, then it's redundant thread. I'm a bit surprised the thread wasn't closed already.

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: Jack Kissinger 
Date:   2013-10-16 22:45

Alan Shore

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: reeder 
Date:   2013-10-17 01:02

For me it is the Vandoren b45 on my R13 1973 Vintage.

Just a guy trying to make some music!

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: Bob Barnhart 2017
Date:   2013-10-17 16:06

My personal favorites:

Bb:

- Jim Kanter AA - very smooth/round/deep sound, great for recording
- VD M30 - big dark sound, free/responsive
- Smith Personal - very free, superb response, perfect intonation
- VD B40 - rock solid response/intonation, big/focused sound, rather resistent
- Fobes Europa 4 - very free, dark sound, great response
- Kessler/Backun III - great sound/intonation/response, nice resistance

Eb:

- Jim Kanter
- Redwine Zinner (1.05)

Bob Barnhart

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: Lee 
Date:   2013-10-18 00:17

An old Bay Nuance

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: TJTG 
Date:   2013-10-18 15:57

Vandoren B40 13

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: Maestro_6 
Date:   2013-10-19 04:12

Vandoren M15 Series 13

Honorable mention to Brad Behn's mouthpiece lines...

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 Re: Best mouthpiece!!!
Author: JJAlbrecht 
Date:   2013-10-19 19:02

My daughter just switched to a vintage Gigliotti, reworked by Wodkowski. It sounds beautiful!

Jeff

“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010

"A drummer is a musician's best friend."


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