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Author: rgoldem
Date: 2016-01-16 20:23
I recently had the opportunity to buy a second hand Rossi clarinet, French bore. The instrument is beautiful and very well in tune but I am still getting used to it and I find it very different from the Leblanc clarinet I was used to play. I guess it will get better and better with time.
Right now the seller is offering me a Rossi mouthpiece for the instrument I bought but I am not sure if it is worth. Maybe someone more experienced than me can advise me regarding this matter. Does the Rossi especially designed mouthpiece brings any particular advantage or quality not founded in commercial mouthpieces?
P.S: English is not my mother tongue; please excuse any errors on my part
Post Edited (2016-01-16 21:36)
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Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2016-01-16 20:40
I can't tell you "what it's worth" other than what Luis charges for it (which is too little, in my opinion), but I've played his mouthpieces (made on Saluzzi blanks) for many years now, and love them.
The answer to your question about whether the Rossi mouthpieces do something magical when played on Rossi instruments is "no," and in my conversations with Luis, he's never mentioned any particular modifications that he makes to customize them for Rossi instruments.
Is it worth buying the mouthpiece from the seller? That depends on whether you like it after you play it.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2016-01-16 20:45
The French bore Rossi is just that, a French clarinet, and there is no compatibility issue with a standard French mouthpiece.
I have heard that there is an adjustment period for the Rossi. I imagine (having never played one, but LOVING the sound of almost everyone I've heard in person playing one) that the resistance and tuning characteristics are different. If that is the case, it could take at least 3 to 6 months to "settle in." Until then you will be finding yourself constantly doing things at various musical moments that you have done on your non-Rossi and that probably won't work.
...................Paul Aviles
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Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2016-01-17 00:53
Yes, there's an adjustment period, especially if one is going to a Rossi French bore from R13-like polycylindrical bores.
I found, after playing the R13 for decades, that I was making compensations and "adjustments," especially in the throat area for pitch and timbre, that weren't necessary with my Rossi French bore instruments. It took me about a month to settle in with the Rossis.
B.
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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2016-01-17 03:38
Some info on Felix Saluzzi mouthpieces, including the Rossi model, can be found here: http://saluzzimouthpieces.com.
He gives the tip opening measurement for his other listed models but not for the Rossi. He also lists the names of clarinetists he says use his mouthpiece and specifically mentions Howard Klug at Indiana in connection with the Rossi model.
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Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2016-01-17 04:37
The tip opening for the Rossi mouthpieces that I've played I would call "slightly more open than medium."
No, I don't measure them because that measurement is iffy and doesn't say much about the other qualities of a mouthpiece.
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