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RE: long facing?

Author: Arnold the basset hornist
Date: 1999-08-16 07:07

Ever tried a mouthpiece with long facing length (no need to order an austrian type with 33 mm length and 0.75 mm opening - then you should order some "Vandoren black master", too).
After playing those low clarinets (their mouthpieces have a longer facing length just due to the dimension) perhaps you'll like that "room" you get to put your tongue onto the reed (like me). I touch approx. 11 mm of the reed at my basset horn (facing length 27 mm or 28 mm on my three standard mouthpieces) and I'm playing a mouthpiece with 22 mm facing length, when I play on a soprano clarinet one a while (and I'd tend to buy an "austrian table mountpiece", when I would play the soprano more often).
Nevertheless, it could take a while to get used to the long tables - and I'm not sure you can find a mouthpiece just to try it for one whole month.

Do you know a couple other clarinetists having a spare mouthpiece so you can try different facing length and tip openings before you decide to buy your own?

Good luck whith the selection,
Arnold (the basset hornist)

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