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Author: Erez Katz
Date: 2026-05-31 04:20
So arguably, the Vandoren B40 or M13 are the "standard issue" mouthpieces that most teachers have been recommending to their students and many stick with them for years and for a good reason.
Even if the above statement is not 100% true, and now we have affordable decent options, my question is not so much about the French system.
Is there a "mainstream agreed upon" German mouthpiece that say most students start or switch to and stay with through university until they venture to more niche offerings?
What would be the Viennese cousin of that mouthpiece?
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Author: ruben
Date: 2026-05-31 09:19
Vandoren makes a/or a few German mouthpieces that are pretty decent and more affordable than those made in Germany. I seem to recall Karl Leister was their tester: not a bad reference!
rubengreenbergparisfrance@gmail.com
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Author: m1964
Date: 2026-05-31 21:16
I know a very good player who uses a Vandoren German MP on a Buffet clarinet. The tenon on that MP was about 1mm too long so eventually he shortened the tenon. He has beautiful soft German-like tone.
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Author: ruben
Date: 2026-05-31 23:11
1864: Put a German mothpiece on a Selmer or Buffet and their tone sounds....rather German.
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Author: sonicbang
Date: 2026-06-05 01:53
Many German and Austrian players have such different concepts that it's hard to tell a single mouthpiece model that's so widely accepted as the B40 in the Boehn ecosystem. A few popular models without any particular order (not representative, derived just from the ones that were most frequently on my desk)
- B2, German Solist M (currently Nommos M), Weber op.26, and Wenzel Fuchs models by Kückmeier
- HH1, WS (for Viennese), D4 (for German) by Gleichweit
- A1 by Licostini
- M3, M4, M5 from Wurlitzer
- M30D by Vandoren
One-two decades ago, Zinners and Viottos were probably the most sought-after ones, players who prefer the traditional closed/long facings still use them, while younger generations are gravitating towards facings optimized for French cut reeds. Martin Fluch also makes excellent mouthpieces (Maxton), but it doesn't have that big market share as far as I can tell (maybe I'm wrong on that)
Mark Szavin
🎵mouthpiece specialist🎵
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