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Re: Buffet Prodige vs Yamaha YCL-34

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2017-12-10 07:03

Bob,

Regarding pro players who play the Vandoren M13 or M13 lyre. There are actually quite a few. Burt Hara at least before he moved to the LA Phil played an M13 lyre. Gregory Raden in Dallas plays an M13 lyre and has used an M13. Michael Wayne in the Boston Symphony plays an M13 lyre. Victoria Luperi when she was with the Ft. Worth Symphony played an M13 lyre. I'm not sure if she still does in the Pittsburgh Symphony. Reis McCullough, solo clarinet in the US Army Field Band plays an M13 lyre with the band and in concerts with strings. Most of these have in the past recommended M13s to their students and only prefer the M13 lyre for its added flexibility and slightly rounder sounds. Jenny McClay plays a regular M13. If I recall correctly, before John Yeh switched first to an M40 lyre and then to the BD5, he too played and recommended M13 lyre in the Chicago Symphony. There are still more who have used both M13 and M13 lyre successfully in orchestral playing, even if they later switched to something else. So I would say that both the M13 lyre and the M13 have been taken as serious classical mouthpieces by very competent professional performers. Of course that doesn't necessarily make them the best choice.

Post Edited (2017-12-12 00:36)

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