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Re: Mouthpiece Challenged Newbie

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2022-06-12 22:05

hans wrote:

> You could have an experienced player test your equipment to try
> to duplicate and diagnose the problem.

I would go farther and edit this advice to read "You **should** have an experienced player test" the Hite, preferably on your clarinet (in case the problem is in the interaction of the mouthpiece and your instrument).

Hans's checklist of possible causes is exhaustive, but as an oboist you know enough to be able to eliminate many of them. And the fact that you don't have the same problem with two other mouthpieces further suggests that there's something about the Hite and not in your general approach to playing that will explain the squeaks. But before you go down a bunch of blind alleys chasing after the possibilities that remain, and possibly confusing yourself badly in the process, you should confirm or eliminate a mouthpiece defect at the beginning.

Karl

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