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Author: Alex
Date: 1999-09-02 20:07
Hi all,
just checked the klarinet archieve, I found
some article said the Greg Smith mps was based
on the Richard Hawkins mps? I have a Hawkins
and like it and considering to try a Smith mps
if they are very different. Greg, would you
mind to tell us the difference in playing
characteristic and the fundamental difference
in the design between your mouthpiece and Hawkin's?
thanks
Alex
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Author: Greg Smith
Date: 1999-09-02 20:54
Alex wrote:
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Hi all,
just checked the klarinet archieve, I found
some article said the Greg Smith mps was based
on the Richard Hawkins mps? I have a Hawkins
and like it and considering to try a Smith mps
if they are very different. Greg, would you
mind to tell us the difference in playing
characteristic and the fundamental difference
in the design between your mouthpiece and Hawkin's?
thanks
Alex
That is incorrect information. I responded to this question that was brought up by Mr. Roger Garrett around a year or so ago on the klarinet mailing list. If you look in the klarinet mailing list archives, you'll find it there. It should answer the questions that you have regarding the subject.
Greg Smith
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-09-02 22:53
Read <B><A HREF=http://www.sneezy.org/Databases/Logs/1997/12/001054.txt>http://www.sneezy.org/Databases/Logs/1997/12/001054.txt</A></B>.
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Author: William Fuller
Date: 1999-09-02 23:18
Thanks, Mark, for the reference--but that does not really answer the question. What are the different playing characteristics?--not who did the refacing or finishing. Please Greg, tell us how you perceive any differences to be.
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Author: Greg Smith
Date: 1999-09-03 00:55
William Fuller wrote:
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Thanks, Mark, for the reference--but that does not really answer the question. What are the different playing characteristics?--not who did the refacing or finishing. Please Greg, tell us how you perceive any differences to be.
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Dear William,
I make my hard rubber and hardwood mouthpieces to play as similarly as my own Kaspar and Chedeville mouthpieces. I make this point clear on my web site and in my message that you refer to.
As it is my policy in this profession not to compare my mouthpieces with present day makers in this venue, I'm sure that you will understand why I cannot elaborate further. I and others seem to find that this policy works best.
Greg Smith
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Author: Doug
Date: 1999-09-03 01:10
Still a question for Greg: the numbers on your mouthpieces to the left of the table...e.g. 553, or 184....are these related to the facing or are they serial numbers?
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Author: Greg Smith
Date: 1999-09-03 01:26
Doug wrote:
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Still a question for Greg: the numbers on your mouthpieces to the left of the table...e.g. 553, or 184....are these related to the facing or are they serial numbers?
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I'm glad you posed the question since it is inquired about often. It is the serial number of the mouthpiece.
Greg Smith
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-09-03 01:33
Greg Smith wrote:
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As it is my policy in this profession not to compare my mouthpieces with present day makers in this venue, I'm sure that you will understand why I cannot elaborate further. I and others seem to find that this policy works best.
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Richard Hawkins has basically the same sentiment; when I asked him for technical details once he responded hoped people liked it, but he doesn't push his mouthpiece, and doesn't publish technical info on it.
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Author: HIROSHI
Date: 1999-09-05 17:05
I take a mouthpiece that assists me to emit my tone. I do not think that any clarinet plaryer came up as like Heifezt.It is ridiculous to cmpare one mouthpiece with anoteh without tring them. Try them if interested. Greg Smith MP is, I guess, not a prefered one in Japan where everything French is liked. FYI.
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Author: Greg Smith
Date: 1999-09-05 21:06
HIROSHI wrote:
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I take a mouthpiece that assists me to emit my tone. I do not think that any clarinet plaryer came up as like Heifezt.It is ridiculous to cmpare one mouthpiece with anoteh without tring them. Try them if interested. Greg Smith MP is, I guess, not a prefered one in Japan where everything French is liked. FYI.
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Dear Hiroshi,
I have literally hundreds of mouthpieces being played in Japan including the principal clarinetist of the top orchestra in Osaka - Nobu Kanai, who is playing the newest Kaspar model as well as several other orchestral clarinetists in Japans' major cities.
Is it possible Hirsohi that you mean "manufactured in France", not just French in style? The American mouthpiece is based on the French style mouthpiece (as opposed to German style) and I would consider that what I make by hand to fit that description. I follow the Chedeville model which couldn't be more French in origin.
There is also a large contingency of German trained clarinetists playing full German system clarinets - and mouthpieces - especially in the Osaka area.
Vandoren are the most popular machine made mouthpieces in the world. But comparing them to fine hand crafted mouthpieces is apples and oranges.
Greg Smith
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Author: Kimberly Nisius
Date: 1999-09-17 13:39
My advice to any of you on here wondering how any brand mouthpiece plays, is to try them. I don't know how many hundreds of mouthpieces I have tried. I was stuch on my Vandoren 5RV-L. It worked for me. Someone tells you that "X" brand mouthpiece works for them and they can't believe that you are still playing on the same mouthpiece you chose in high school. So you try "X" brand. It may suck for you. If you don't know how it compares for you, you can't ask someone how it works for them. It may not be the same for you. Try it, it is worth it just to know if it is the mouthpiece for you.
I have tried just about every mouthiece in the Woodwind and Brasswind catolog before someone mentioned trying Greg Smith's mouthpieces. I did, and I loved what I saw. It did take me a while longer to find the one as close to my perfect characteristics as I could, but I am very satisfied.
I also am not comparing them to Hawkins. I am not saying they are better than Hawkins. I am saying for me they worked, I tried them and liked them.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 1999-10-21 06:02
Hundreds! I now knew it.
The reason that there are many clarinet players who like darker tones in Osaka area may be the conductor Asahina who's life theme is Bruckner symphonies.
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