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Author: Sandra F. H.
Date: 2002-01-10 13:55
Hello Friends! I recently purchased a new mouthpiece and a new barrel from Greg Smith. I'm wondrously pleased with this new setup, and Greg is very responsive and knowledgeable. FYI in case anyone is interested. Sandra
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Author: William
Date: 2002-01-10 14:34
As a member of the constantly growing Greg Smith mpc fan club myself, I would be interested in more statistics, such as: Chedeville or Kaspar, reeds that you use, which ligiture and what clarinet you play. I know that this is "same old, same old" but discovering what other clarinetists find successful is a never-ending search--kind of like scale practice. Congradulations, and Good Clarineting--but, how do you do it?
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Author: Jim S.
Date: 2002-01-10 14:54
Yes, re William's reply: Me too. I find myself looking into the guts my mouthpieces more and more, comparing and contrasting them endlessly, trying to see some visual characteristic that I can equate with a sound.
Are Smith's highly polished inside? I've never looked inside an original Kasper, though I was offered one once for nothing and, like a fool, didn't accept it. Lee Gibson seems to think good ones should be highly polished, but none of mine (including some very good ones) are.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2002-01-10 15:05
Jim -
I got a new Chicago Kaspar from the maker many years ago and remember quite well how shiny it was, inside and out.
On the other hand, Kalmen Opperman stops work when a mouthpiece plays right, regardless of how scuffed up the inside looks. He said he's spoiled more mouthpieces than he cares to remember trying to polish them up. Everett Matson did the same.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Keil
Date: 2002-01-10 16:32
i am a Greg Smith user too! I have a Chedeville 1*and i have tried using my Vandy V12 4.5's but found them to be too hard. I moved down to the 3.5 V12' and they were too soft for my embouchure and now i'm using Vandy V12 4's which seem to be just right... so much or goldilocks.... newayzzz.... i also use a BG revelation ligature which i love.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2002-01-11 03:11
He probably reamer mouthpiece/barrel to get rid of any step between them. That is the reason why so naturaly air gets into the horn. Articlulation was greatly improved.
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Author: Fred
Date: 2002-01-12 00:58
I'm a recent convert as well. After all the praise I heard about Greg's Kaspars (2 models - not just one like on his web site), I really had my mind set that I would get a Kaspar. Didn't work out that way for me. The Ched 1+ was clearly the best performer FOR ME. The recommended Vandoren V12 3.5's worked very well; my Mitchell Lurie 3.5's are a bit soft but still sound nice. I may tweek them a bit and see if I can't get them to perform better.
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