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Re: Mouthpiece Challenged Newbie

Author: Claude
Date: 2022-06-13 17:35

My tech played the Hite MP on my clarinet and it squeaked randomly. She put it on her clarinet and it squeaked for her. Then she checked it. The rails were OK but on the table there is a concave spot near the window and a convex spot near the tenon. A small roller-coaster.

The music store replaced the MP and the new one has no squeaks. My tech was surprised and said Hite MP’s has very good QC. She had a Brad Behn Overture and she had me play. She helped me adjust my oboe embouchure to a more clarinet embouchure. My regular teacher didn’t catch that.

She’s letting me use the Behn for a week. Over the weekend I recorded some scales with the Behn, Hite, B&Hawkes and Noblet. WOW. The Hite sounds very good, deeper and clearer than the older mp’s. The Behn sounds way better than the others, even tho I'm a newbie it's beyond good.

Paul A, thanks for your advice about the “best spot” am using it. Han’s a very comprehensive list. Thank you everyone who commented and gave me advice. SunnyDaze and Karl you got the problem. Since the other two didn’t squeak it wasn’t the clarinet or me mis-hitting the fingering.

I very much appreciate all of you taking your time to help me.

Claude

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