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tight mouthpiece fit in an early clarinet

Author: oian
Date: 2018-06-12 01:34

A couple years ago I purchased an Albert system low pitch C clarinet on Shopgoodwill (Henry Pourcelle Paris, from the case style it's probably from the 1920's) The case is in terrible shape, but the instrument looks almost unused (you have to look at it very close to see that it is really a wooden instrument. It came with a wood mouthpiece that works well and all the pads are functional. Due to the fact that the original mouthpiece is wood I would like to use a plastic mouthpiece most of the time. None of the current mouthpieces I have will fit. The diameter of the socket as is just under 22mm and current mouthpieces seem to have a tenon size of 22mm. I have an old Kholert plastic Bb instrument that has a mouthpiece with a tenon diameter of 22.5mm which is too loose for any of my other Bb instruments but works well in the Pourcelle. My question is: Did some of the older instruments have a smaller mouthpiece tenon (as this one and the Kholert)? The socket is round and the tenon does appear to be out of round when measured. Normally I play a bass clarinet and playing this C seems like playing a little toy but I like it and the Albert system is interesting, and having an instrument this old that plays as well as it does is a real kick.

Thanks for any info, John

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