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Author: dylan
Date: 2001-05-15 20:39
I have a question for all you clarinet experts out there. My mouthpiece has been through a lot (I'm 16 and involved in numerous musical adventures), and I noticed one day that it is very slightly chipped at the lip. Ordinarily, I would consider this to be serious and I would ask my teacher for another (she has hundreds lying around; Vandoren keeps sending her new models to try), however, the small chip is not on the inside of the mouthpiece. That is, it is chipped on the tip, but not on the side of the tip facing inward towards the reed. I haven't noticed any significant change in my tone since, but it's probably too soon to tell (the reed factor can make any mouthpiece seem defective sometimes), and since the air stream is not being disrupted by the chip, I don't think it matters. I asked my teacher, but she gave me her stock answer: if you supported you air stream with your diaphrahm, this wouldn't matter! Any ideas? -Dylan
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Author: Fred
Date: 2001-05-15 23:17
To quote another poster on the board -
"If it sounds good, it probably is good."
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2001-05-16 00:00
If it is on the outside talk to a repairer and see if they can backfill the chip to stop it getting full of crud, germs etc.. If the reed table and rails are ok and you are happy with the sound this may be an easy option.
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Author: Anji
Date: 2001-05-16 00:01
Get a mouthpiece patch to cover the chip.
Buy a 'back up' of the same make and model.
This one will meet an irresistable force and move to the dustbin in the sky.
anji
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-05-18 14:34
I filled a significant chip with Araldite (epoxy) blackened with a little black paint pigment powder. It lasted for at least 10 years, possibly 20 and still going.
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