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Ridenour mouthpieces

Author: Toby
Date: 2002-01-09 17:10

I am a new adult amateur clarinetist still working for a good tone. A few months ago, on a whim, I bought a Ridenour mouthpiece made of clear plastic with the numeral 3 printed just above the cork. (All printing on the mouthpiece is gilt.) There doesn't seem to be any other identifying mark on it.

Can anyone tell me more about the types and differences in playing characteristics of Ridenour mouthpieces, and also someplace where I can try and buy them?

I have switched the Ridenour off with VanDoren B45 and M15 mouthpieces on an R13, as well as the original Buffet MPC, giving each a fairly long trial, and the Ridenour seems very much better for me. I get (what I consider to be) an amazing improvement in tone with no intentional change in my technique...like singing, going much farther up and down in the register.

The Ridenour is a little tougher to blow than the others. The solution for me was to play a weaker reed. A good V-12 strength 3 reed sounds fine on the Ridenour, but a strength 3.5 makes my eyes cross. A sample Elite 3.5 reed that I got recently sounds even better!

(PS, I do have some idea who Tom Ridenour is.)

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