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 Re: Alto Clarinet mouthpiece
Author: NOLA Ken 
Date:   2020-03-19 00:45

Gene - I second Chris C's comment about the difficulty of finding the right mouthpiece/reed combination compared to the Bb soprano clarinet. And you don't say what make of alto clarinet you are playing, which is the third part of the mix. I'm no pro (a returning Bb soprano player who decided to pick up the alto on the side) with an overhauled vintage swan neck Leblanc alto with an especially stuffy lower joint in the mid range. I've been through twelve different vintage, stock and custom mouthpieces (including all of those mentioned above - most of which I did not like) and more types of reeds than I can keep track of. And which one works best seems to keep changing. I've found wide variation in how the different mouthpieces play. I can say that for me the Fobes 10k Zinner model and the Grabner Zinner model (which has been discontinued) have generally worked out far better than anything else. But they are definitely not cheap. I've also found that for me on an alto there is a tremendous difference between how a Rovner Light alto ligature and a traditional metal ligature play, with the metal ligature sounding much more focused and resonant to my ears. My personal preferences in reeds have run to the Fibercell Premium alto sax and bass clarinet reeds - I have yet to find an alto clarinet or Legere reed that I like on my alto (although I play Legeres on my Bb most of the time). Today the Fobes mouthpiece with a strenth 3 Fibercell Premium bass clarinet reed sounds great to me across the entire range - lots of resonance, clears the stuffyness right up and tunes well (another reputed problem with the alto). But who knows what I will find tomorrow. Over my lifetime I have played Bb soprano, contra alto and bass clarinets (now alto), as well as a brief stint on bari sax. And I can firmly state that this alto clarinet is the most fickle instrument I have ever played when it comes to reeds and mouthpieces. Some good suggestions above, but you may still end up experimenting a lot.
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