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Author: smokindok
Date: 2022-09-20 09:33
In your original post, SunnyDaze, after asking for close-tipped mouthpiece recommendations, you implied you were interested in a close tipped mouthpiece because of your favorable experience with the Viotto N1. In my experience, the more distinguishing feature of the Viotto N1 is it’s facing length rather than its tip opening.
At 23, the Viotto facing length, by typical Boehm clarinet mouthpiece standards, is VERY long. The one mouthpiece that comes to mind that might approach this style of facing is the Fobes Europa 1, which is no longer being produced as it was a Zinner based mouthpiece. The Europa 1 was 19/100, while the Viotto N1 is 23/100.
I have at times comfortably played mouthpieces with longish facings, including a Europa 3 at 19mm and a Peter Eaton at 21mm, but my Viotto N1+2 (23/102) would require too much of a change in approach to embouchure to be comfortable on it.
That said, there are many additional variables in mouthpiece design that influence how a mouthpiece plays for an individual. Consider that facing curve, baffle position, chamber shape, and tip and rail width are some of the other design features that need to work together with tip opening and length of lay. These things all work together. This is why the one constant theme in the replies to your question is that you won’t know if the mouthpiece will work for you until you try it. This, of course, is all complicated by needing to match the reed strength to the mouthpiece.
Going by tip opening might steer you in the right direction… or it might not.
As mentioned in many previous posts, there are a lot of fine mouthpieces available at a reasonable price. As an example, for the show I am currently playing, my $350 Morgan alto sax mouthpiece stays in the case as a backup, while I play a sub-$50 Fobes Debut. It is just that good, and more comfortable for me in the doubling situation.
John
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