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Re: Anyone else playing a Selmer Concept mpc?

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2018-07-05 23:50

I first played the Concept mouthpiece last August. It's a really nice mouthpiece for the money. The Concept mouthpiece can be so much better if worked on. As it stands now it's an above average mouthpiece with great potential. The rubber is a bit soft. The rails need work, it's better than anything that Vandoren puts out as far as tuning, pitch, and sound. But it needs to be worked on. Email me if interested in advice. Your common mouthpiece refacer doesn't know the trick to get these playing almost as good as the old Chedevilles and Kaspars. A secret I'm not prepared to give out yet. I'd like to make a deal with Selmer first. The sound can carry really well unlike most dead Zinner's which thankfully are out of business.

Someone asked me to buy some and they would send them to Selmer after I fix them up. That's too much of a gamble. If Selmer is reading any of these posts I'll show them how to make these play great in just a few minutes.

As for the bore, it is somewhat large and it should fit their Reciital clarinet well. I'm not a fan of the Reciital clarinet as it stands. But I think the mouthpiece would add some LIFE to a slightly too dark sounding clarinet.

An issue I've seen with the Concept mouthpieces that come through the shop here is they are inconsistent. This is because of the rubber being soft. Some can be fixed in just a few minutes, others take 30 minutes to get them to play great. However, the best part of these is the design in general. They can play really well

Ray got one of the really good ones. It's live and projects well. Sorry I don't recall the tip opening. It was around 1.07 I think.

I don't like the Focus mouthpieces nor the Rico mouthpieces. They are too tight, bores are too small, often too resistant. The bores alone will cause dead notes on your horns and out of tune notes. Yes I know people will write and say they don't have issues! Great! Keep playing on them. I'm happy for you.

But the question was about the Concept mouthpiece which I feel is perhaps the best mouthpiece on the market for the price if you have it worked on.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

Post Edited (2018-07-05 23:53)

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