The Clarinet BBoard

The Clarinet BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Previous Message | Next Message

Re: Upgrading mouthpiece?

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-08-08 18:11

Well it comes down to two distinct characteristics for me. The first is having a decent, basic facing that is not too open or too closed (to start......so you can explore from there). The other is having a manufacturing process that is consistent enough to offer good quality across all the mouthpieces produced. This is why I picked the Fobes.

Vandoren also makes good mouthpieces, no doubt. in their selection you can find a host of options from the "standard" facings (M13, 5RVLyre) to just about anything possible.

By "standard" I refer to tip openings perhaps a little over a millimeter (1.03 or so) and a facing length of about 17.5mm to 18mm. The Fobes comes in at a 1.00mm tip opening and a 17mm long facing. Clark Fobes compares that directly to the 5RV, but I never played a 5RV that was as easy to play.......there are many other factors to the critical dimensions of a mouthpiece and I would attribute the difference to those other dimensions.

I would say try it. Then of course you may want to make the leap from there to the "10K" series.

................Paul Aviles

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics