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Re: Eb clarinets

Author: Alphie
Date: 2007-01-25 09:58

“I play B40 on both Eb and alto and think my sound is on the bright side, but this probably just shows how meaningless these terms are more than anything.”

According to Jean-Paul Gouvin, the designer of the Vandoren B40 that is a development of the B45 the idea with B40 is to be able to produce a slightly darker sound with less stuffy reeds. When placing the reed on a given average position the wider tip rail makes the high overtones less projected. You will loose some clarity in the attacks; on the other hand you’ll gain a more stabile high register and loose some in the low register. It’s always a matter of balance.
The B40 series is Vandoren’s contribution to this idea. There are other makers who have the same concept in their models but they are probably more expensive. If money is an issue the B40 is just fine for this purpose compared to other models of Vandoren’s.
On the Eb-clarinet you usually want to eliminate the brightness of the nature of the instrument and also favor the top register. One answer is a wide tip rail.
I think clarnibass will sound even brighter on another of Vandoren’s mouthpieces since all this is very individual.

Alphie
Clarinet/Eb-clarinet RSPO

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