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Author: kmart
Date: 2006-05-22 20:40
How often, or under what circumstances (other than the obvious- like it is chipped) would you replace a clarinet mouthpiece?
I must confess that I am not a very active clarinet player anymore. I teach general music in a small school in western NY. I have had a Morgan Protone since college (rougly 10 years), and I play probably 3-4 times a week.
Thanks!
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Author: hans
Date: 2006-05-22 21:24
kmart,
When it starts to cause squeaking. Or when it starts to look so rough that it causes embarrassment :-)
Age is merely a number; my favourite tenor sax mouthpiece is well over 45 years old and I have yet to find one that plays better for me.
Regards,
Hans
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Author: Bob A
Date: 2006-05-22 23:26
No Hans, the REAL answer is GAS! Where do you find a venue at which you can throw tons of money and possibly--just possibly--improve your tone without really practicing??
Bob A
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Author: hans
Date: 2006-05-22 23:40
Bob A is right, of course. We must keep buying mouthpieces in case there is one out there somewhere that will improve our sound. What was I thinking!
Bob, thanks for the wake-up call.
Now I need to get back to work on the mouthpiece storage room addition to my house.
Hans (who has three instruments and at least a dozen mouthpieces for some reason........)
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Author: Fontalvo
Date: 2006-05-22 23:40
what is funny to me is that I read an interview with stanley drucker, and he said that he played a mouthpiece for 30 years.
rafael
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Author: Gregory Smith ★2017
Date: 2006-05-22 23:58
With much care and lovingly maintained/restored/updated periodically by Everett Matson of N.J. It certainly is a route to take...if the mouthpiece is up to that kind of thing. Many mp's are, by nature, not able to withstand that kind of oversight. Some are.
How many Druckers are out there to know, and have the good fortune to have both a great mouthpiece and a colleague whose relationship with which he benefited so much over the years?
Gregory Smith
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Author: Chris Hill
Date: 2006-05-23 04:41
Everett Matson was a gem of a man, and he helped a lot of musicians over the years by bringing their pet mouthpieces back to life. He also introduced me to the world of fine Single Malt Scotch!
Chris
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Author: Gregory Smith ★2017
Date: 2006-05-23 04:51
Yes Chris - he taught me a heck of a lot about mouthpieces and life and of course, the best of the Single Malts...He was a truly man whom you could not help but have the highest admiration and affection for.
Greg
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