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Re: non-tarnishing mouthpieces

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2020-03-11 08:51

I've noticed a very significant change in the last few years that new mouthpieces cause new silver plated clarinets to tarnish. It was obviously from the mouthpiece because of the worst areas of the tarnish. Most recently this was on three new Buffet E12F clarinets with Vandoren mouthpieces, but also on a couple of other clarinets with new Selmer and D'Addario mouthpieces.

I'm almost convinced something has changed with the (more likely) mouthpiece material and/or silver plating. It just didn't happen so much in the past. I've been using a hard rubber mouthpiece right in the case, with no pouch, for several clarinets, for about 30 years... with never any tarnishing as a result (among others, this included a Buffet clarinet with a Vandoren mouthpiece for quite a few years).

Not the end of the world but a little annoying if I had to use a mouthpiece pouch or have it in another compartment (which my main case doesn't even have).

I don't think a Pomarico glass mouthpiece would cause it and even with the Vandoren, I would try it, see if there is a little tarnish closest to where the mouthpiece is and continue from there.

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