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Author: PeteS
Date: 2002-08-27 02:21
Somewhere on the phorum someone opined that using a decent wooden mouthpiece and barrel on a plastic clarinet makes it almost like a wooden clarinet. I have a very old Selmer with an intact barrel and bell. Married with a plastic (resonite?) body, does anyone think I could have a decent clarinet for out of doors, hauling on vacations, etc.?
Thanks.
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Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2002-08-27 11:40
Can't hurt to experiment, but the barrel is the part most susceptible to cracking. I would use a DEG aluminum barrel of similar taper to goose the performance of your Plastic horn.
Same story with the bell (which offers the LEAST acoustic change).
Getting a decent mouthpiece and reed will make the greatest overall contribution to your sound, regardless of horn.
I would not anticipate a tremendous performance improvement, so keep your expenditure low, hmmm?
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2002-08-27 13:59
A good mouthpiece can make a lot of difference. However, I don't know that a <i>wooden</i> mouthpiece is best. Most high quality mouthpieces are hard rubber.
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Author: Bob
Date: 2002-08-27 14:34
You already have such a horn..decent, that is. If you want something more than decent then by all means spend some money buying different mouthpieces and barrels...but get some expensive ones so that when you decide to buy a decent wood clarinet you'll be able to use the extra parts.
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Author: William
Date: 2002-08-27 14:56
Remember the rule--the farther away from your head, the less the important the equipment. The most important component of your clarineting is your mind and mental concept of tone quality. Next your embouchure, next mouthpiece/reed, and last the components of your instrument--barrel, body, and bell. When in high school, I won second chair in an all-state band over a lot of big city R-13 clarinetists with my HS** mouthpiece and Bundy Resonite clarinet because I played with good tone quality, read well and was able to phrase musically. So, I think that your clarinet will suite you just fine for the purposes you described if played with a good mouthpiece/reed setup and firm mental idea of what a clarinet should sound like.
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Author: PeteS
Date: 2002-08-27 18:39
Thanks all. It sounded like a stretch. After listening you all, I'm giving up the ghost. Thanks again.
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