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Re: Wells of Chicago

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2005-04-14 14:50

A search (check on both Clarinet and Klarinet archives) on "Stowell Wells Schneider" (without the quotes) brings up lots of information.

I played on a SWS C3 (very long and open, which Keith Stein recommended) and a B2 (medium), but eventually switched. Like Rebecca, I prefer a less bright sound, with more fundamental.

The SWS blank had a narrower throat and a different chamber from mouthpieces popular today. When I took the C3 to Everett Matson, he trued up the facing and closed the tip slightly, but he said that the rest of the design was unique, and it would be untrue to the maker (as well as a tremendous amount of work) to change it. It was so far from his style that he didn't want to do anything more.

Ken Shaw

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