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Re: Thoughts on M30D?

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2017-11-10 01:59

Yador said "there must be some material that sounds even better." Yes, that material is wood. In the hands of an expert craftsman, wood probably has a darker sound than rubber. Most woods are more prone to cracking and warping, however, and it can be hard to find a wood mouthpiece that projects as well as rubber. One of the few mouthpiece makers today who does extensive work in wood is Hans Colbers in the Netherlands. He uses a new type of wooden blank developed by L & K that resists warping. So far, although he puts very traditional close facings on his German clarinet models, he likes open and long facings on his French Boehm ones. His model F9 is the closest to a BD5, but it is open 1.14 mm (instead of 1.13 mm) at the tip and quite long. You might want to discuss with him how he would make a version of the BD5 in wood.

https://www.hanscolbers.com/boehm-mouthpiece.php?LN=O.

Post Edited (2017-11-10 04:46)

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