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Re: Morgan tip openings/facing lengths

Author: shmuelyosef
Date: 2018-09-19 01:19

My 2 cents:
- Tip opening and facing length together are useful to guess the strength reed one might want to play

- Facing curve is very important in terms of what reed 'cut' is going to work best. The length of the vamp and the rate of thickness build near the tip are best when they "match" the facing curve

- Beyond this, the chamber shape makes a pretty big difference as well and can dramatically change the frequency spectrum of the resulting sound (more, probably, than the clarinet itself).

- Also, not to neglect the exit bore of the mouthpiece and how it relates to the barrel entry and average clarinet bore

Once you have chosen a particular design mouthpiece (e.g. here the Morgan RM- and J- series) the tip opening is indeed the only variable.

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