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MPC opinions

Author: Anon
Date: 2017-05-30 22:26

Please give me your thoughts on the following mouthpieces. I have not tried either but am curious!

First:

Vandoren Black Diamond Bass Clarinet

(for me as a doubler and for a high school student)

Second:

Brad Behn's Zinner Legere-ified mouthpiece for B flat/A

I'm flirting with Legere reeds but I'm not 100% sold because they seem to be missing a "vibration" that I like (not sure if it's lip feel or auditory but it's something I feel is lacking)

But the convenience of those reeds can't be argued particularly in a climate where the weather changes a lot and the sound is pretty darn good.

Would appreciate opinions from those with experience on either of these.

Thanks,

Marianne

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Re: MPC opinions

Author: ClarinetRobt
Date: 2017-05-31 03:14

Marianne:
On Brad Behn's Legere friendly mouthpiece...

This past school year I had a student with a cane allergy. She'd been playing on Gen I Legere with a Fobes Debut (great mouthpiece). But the combo was poor for her. After encouraging the mom to pull out her credit card, she ordered Behn's Legere-fied mouthpiece with the new Legere Euro Signature. We all talked to Brad Behn about her goals. Words can not describe how trans-formative the change was to her sound.
At HS region tryouts she wasn't the most technically proficient student, but she had 5x the sound the first ten chairs in the audition. She made the mouthpiece/reed change a week prior to the audition. I've never heard an equipment change make such a dramatic improvement.
We discussed in another thread what why certain mouthpieces are more Legere friendly than others.
Brad, as well as others, have seemed to figure out what a 2RV does by accident?
I do find one small draw-back of the Euro Signature is lack of overtones perhaps. I justify my silver Ishimori and rod rubber hourglass barrel to overcome this deficiency.

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