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Mouth Piece choices?

Author: David
Date: 2001-07-21 15:44

I am in the market for a new mouthpiece. As I am a relative novice. I appreciate the need to get a good fit, that not one fits all, but there are many variables and I wonder how to narrow the selection down to a few to try. I am playing a Yamaha SE with a Gigliotti 4 mouthpiece and generally a Vandoren V12 3.5 reed at the moment. Looking for something with a different sound, brighter? Darker? Depending on the music. So what do these "variables" tend to do and if I were to try to narrow my initial search to 5 mouthpieces, what 5 might I consider?

1) Crystal or Rubber? What's the major difference?
2) Open or Closed?
3) Long or Short?
4) Vandoren offers a different "profile". Would that be noticeable?
5) I have heard great things about Greg Smith etc. But $200 is alot of money. Would a relative novice like myself notice the difference that this markup should bring?

Thanks for the insights.
David

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