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: Are German and French cut reeds really very different

Author: donald
Date: 2021-09-10 15:19

Well if you put a Vandoren Whitemaster or Blackmaster 3 on your french system mouthpiece, it plays at about the same strength as a V12 4 because of the reed profile.
I can recall I was refacing mouthpieces for Frank Celata some years back, and he sent me a "model reed" to test mouthpieces with. It was a V12 3, which was quite soft compared to many pro players (my wife and her colleague in Ensemble Matheus also use V12 3s, as do I).
Another (German) friend used to play a Wurlitzer clarinet and Viotto mouthpiece with 1.04mm tip opening... with Blackmaster 4s, I could barely make a sound out of the thing.
The point being that with both French and German system there will be players who prefer a lighter or heavier setup. [it took me about 6 months to successfully drop from 3.5+ V12s to 3s, and I think I've never sounded better... I played on 5s in the late 1990s and have been coming down ever since]

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics