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Helping My Mother Out

Author: Speculator Sam
Date: 2018-03-25 05:43

So fellas, I have a question regarding what mouthpiece to buy for myself and my Mother.

I currently rent a bass clarinet right, since it's easier to save a $1k-$2k for a good intermediate soprano clarinet then it is to save $2k-$3k for a shoddy bass clarinet. The one I have in mind is a Selmer 1400B, that's the one they have my music store. I plan on upgrading it with Backun barrel and bell, and a Vandoren Mouthpiece & Ligature. Since I play Vandoren reeds, it's fair to say that their gear'd fit the reed better, correct me if I'm wrong.

While I'm at work, I know my Mother would play that soprano clarinet. However, the mouthpiece I'd get for my Mother wouldn't be the right mouthpiece for her I'm sure. She used to play clarinet in grade school, from middle school to high school and she was one of those "run-of-the-mill first chair honors band members going to state exams" clarinetists.

I think a mouthpiece similar to what you she played then would be great. I don't know what exactly she played, but she told me that my Grandfather bought a Selmer clarinet and a Buescher Aristocrat Trumpet from a pawn shop in New York. This was the very late 70s- early 80s. Apparently, the timbre was so great that even the school bandmasters would tell her "that instrument sounds out of place. Belongs in a symphony orchestra, not a school's marching band".

Anybody know of any "legendary" Selmer clarinets that one could've found in a pawn in the late 70s/early 80s? It'd be cool to know, maybe when I'm at work and my Mother wanted to toot the horn I could get her a mouthpiece similar to the one she played.

Thanks for reeding (reed pun).

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