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 Re: Buffet RC - Replace cork with neoprene?
Author: Brad Behn 
Date:   2017-01-20 02:08

Hi Daniel and Ruben,
Yes O-rings allow the energy to transfer from the mouthpiece to the barrel with more efficiency. Note that when the reed is vibrating, it causes the mouthpiece to sympathetically vibrate. And the O-rings transfer that vibrancy through the instrument better than the dampening effect of cork.

Many of my mouthpiece clients report that they can feel the instrument vibrate in their fingertips. While I don't think the O-rings are the singular reason for this, I am certain that the O-rings help. Indeed how the mouthpiece resonates due to the sum of all of the parts (including design, facing, and material) are influential in the vibrations, the tactile experience of playing, and the efficiency of sound propagation. In other words, how the instrument resonates influences your playing experience.

O-rings also offer advantages which have nothing to do with the playing experience, but have a lot to do with the user's experience. That is to say that O-rings are more practical, they offer solutions to the many issues of cork.

Dan, I love your zeal to explore new things, find solutions in a scientific manner. I personally wouldn't alter a nice Tosca clarinet to build O-rings into the tenons, as I don't think the merits are worth defacing what Buffet has constructed. Perhaps you should try it with an old pawn shop special first. And yes, please report back to the group with your findings. BTW did you ever do the alternate side G# key location?

Brad

Brad Behn
http://www.clarinetmouthpiece.com
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