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Re: Wurlitzer Boehm clarinet mouthpieces

Author: Jeroen
Date: 2020-03-06 16:56

Jura82 wrote:

> But with such a long facing, you need to put almost half of the
> mouthpiece in the mouth and without any pressure on the reed.
>
I never have had any problems with positioning a long faced mouthpiece in the mouth. Also never heard anyone complaining about this. Of course no guarantee in your situation but probably you are afraid of a problem that does not exist.

Furthermore, German reeds are far more stiff than French reeds and that compensates for the long facing. The feeling is not necessarily very different from a more open mouthpiece with a French reed. Of course there are extreme setups that I think you should avoid. But if you take e.g. an M3 with a Vandoren White Master #3 you get quite an avarage setup that can be compared with avarage French setups. E.g. a facing like M5 is already considered as very open and requests a strong embouchure to control. But of course this is all related to the stronger German reeds. Even a soft German reed (#2.5) is stiffer than a strong French reed. You can't play these facings with a French reed.

> Do you know, are these mouthpieces hard rubber or plastic?
a good quality plastic

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