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RE: Bay Mouthpieces

Author: William
Date: 2001-09-09 15:21

My Bay was "custom" made by Charles in 1971, while he was still in Ithica, NY. The facing is a copy of my Kasper #14, but the rest of the mp is strictly Bay. I played that mp from the time I got it until about 1995 when I grew tired of my sound and sarted experimenting with other mp makers. Most recently, I have been playing my old Kasper !4, using my Bay as an alternate. Now I am playing a Greg Smith Cicero model, but I gues my point is, that with all of the different mps I have gone through since my college Kasper days, the one the Charles Bay made for me in 1971 has always performed well for me. I would join the rest in recommending Bay mps over the B-45s, but would also recommend Smiths Cicero Kasper mp for its sound, response and initial cost (a little cheaper than Bay). Considering that you will play a good mp for many years, the price you have to pay is reasonable expensiture. Your band director may be correct in recommending that you stay with the mp that produces the sound that he likes, but perhaps he would like the Bay or Smith sound better. Good Clarineting with whatever choice you make.

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