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Re: Vandoren Mouthpieces Recommendations

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2023-07-31 07:00

In addition to the "what's so bad about a Vandoren M13 Lyre mouthpiece," in specific or you behind it already adeptly raised, there is also the reality that this 102 mouthpiece has a considerably smaller tip opening than either of the Black Diamonds you raise, the closer facing one at 113, the larger facing one at 115.5

https://vandoren.fr/en/vandoren-mouthpieces/m13-lyre-serie-13-profile-88-bb-clarinet-mouthpiece/

https://vandoren.fr/en/vandoren-mouthpieces/black-diamond-bd5-bb-clarinet-mouthpiece/

https://vandoren.fr/en/vandoren-mouthpieces/bb-clarinet-mouthpieces-black-diamond-bd4/

As an M15 player, with just slightly more open tip at 103.5 than the M13 Lyre, I trial bought a Black Diamond and found it too open for me.

Sure tip opening is only one of several attributes, along with facing and rail width and mouthpiece internals and materials, but I do consider it the single most important attribute. YMMV.

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