Author: russjm
Date: 2008-08-09 20:29
As some of you may know, I'm a beginner. I've started playing Clarinet with an old, wooden, F.Buisson model from ebay. Now I quite liked the thing tone wise, but it's a bit tatty, and needs a full service, new corks etc, so I decided to go for a different instrument instead, a B&H Regent with a Vandoren B45 mouthpiece with it. The B&H has just been fully serviced with new corks etc, so it's in great condition for an oldish budget model.
Now, I ran through a few scales on the B&H via the B45 and a Vandoren 2 1/2 reed but straight away struggled with it, getting squeaks from it, and the tone seemed a little strangled somehow. The B45 wasn't much better with a 1 1/2 reed either. After a couple of hours of scales and simple tunes, I ended up with the Regent, with the old mouthpiece from the Buisson, and a Rico 1 1/2 reed on it, and a great tone, and very nice to play.
So basically I've ditched the Vandoren B45, and wound up with my cheaper old mouthpiece which I much prefer and find easier to play. The old mouthpiece is slimmer, whereas the B45 is thicker/wider.
I already understand that the B45 is not ideal for a beginner as I've read on here, my question is, what mouthpiece might be a slimmer, easier model for me to learn on? Or maybe I should just stick with my old one that I already like? If it aint broke................
What do you think?
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