Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2017-10-17 06:24
J. J. yes my friend. The reason I suggest 442 is the upper register, above C, on most Buffet R13's go a tad flat, down to 439 or even lower on 440 mouthpieces such as the Vandoren M series, depending on your embouchure. At the same time strings, flutes, oboes, and the french horns, even the trumpets, as the notes go higher, usually go a shade sharp to 441 to 442, depending on the temperature of the hall, how professional the orchestra/band is and other issues, your reeds, the barrel, and if you are playing on the Bb or the A clarinet. I think the A clarinet has more issues. I have not played on other Buffet's so I cannot make a comment. The clarinet has that strange bore that gets smaller, than bigger. All of the other instruments have the bores that get bigger. Tuning is surely different.
If you were playing on any other instrument I would play test both. The Yamaha CSVR's play pretty well in tune.
With a 65mm or 66mm barrel a custom barrel with a reverse taper will surely effect all of this. It can help more or make things worse. Guy Chadash said it best. The octave key is placed too high up on the clarinet. He actually lowers the key hole to help this problem. Buffet should take note of this defect and start making some killer R13's again. But no, they want us to pay $20,000 and more for a set of their pro lines. Nope, not me. I like the killer Yamaha CSVR's for about $5500 for a set. So do a lot of other pro symphony players, but I'm getting off the subject.
So I feel a 442 mouthpiece is ideal in most cases so you don't pinch in the upper register to reach the pitch of fellow players. As a double lip player I do not ever want to pinch! Hope this helps explain why I like the 442 mouthpiece. I own it, but don't play on it, because the tip opening is too open for me. 1.20mm. I use it as a reference point. It is very good.
If you don't play in a group it really doesn't matter which mouthpiece you buy!
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
Post Edited (2017-10-17 06:38)
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