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Re: C clarinet altissimo flat...

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-12-01 23:52

I've got an old Couesnon C clarinet that plays fine with a standard Bb mouthpiece. I made a longer barrel for it as it was on the sharp side with the original, but the longer barrel has brought it into tune with itself - a shorter mouthpiece would be disastrous for the intonation.

Selmer, Leblanc (and Noblet) and Buffet Prestige, pro and E11 C clarinets are also designed to be played using a standard Bb mouthpiece as none are supplied with any other kind of mouthpiece besides the standard Bb mouthpiece. I'd hazard a guess Patricola C clarinets are too. As Ridenour clarinets are of the Leblanc design, then it stands to reason Noblet and Leblanc C clarinets do too - I borrowed a Leblanc LL C and it played well with my Bb mouthpiece (Vandoren A1) as have all the Noblet C clarinets I've tried.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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