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Bay Mouthpieces

Author: tholland
Date: 2009-02-09 14:07
Attachment: bay mouthpiece.jpg (162k)

Hello Everyone! I'm hoping that someone can help me out here....

I have recently begun playing again, after almost a 20 year hiatus from music. Things are going very well, better than expected really, but I have a problem.....

My mouthpiece is a Charles Bay, labeled M-M H1 '99 (or199)/1664...

I love this mouthpiece, always have, and I believe that this is my third replacement of the same mouthpiece since 1985 or so.

My problem is this, I am interested in playing with different mouthpieces to achieve a different sound, and the Vandorens never worked for me very well, neither did any Selmer mouthpieces. I do not wish to replicate the bore of this mouthpiece, and cannot find any information on the mouthpiece, and the Bay link on these pages does not work, neither does typing in the web address, and none of the links found on Google either.

Does anyone have any information with regard to bore etc. on this particular mouthpiece, and/or any suggestions where to go next.

I am classically trained, and love playing classical music, but would like to try my hand at jazz....once again, although I never had very much luck in the past, but now I think my mindset is different than when in HS.

Thanks for any advice/assistance provided. Picture attached for reference, just in case. Also, I play on a ca. 1980(something) Selmer 10S Bb, and just acquired a 1950(something) Olds grenadilla beautiful jazzy sounding horn....but it plays a bit sharp, especially in the upper register.

Tammy Holland
Returning Lost Clarinetist

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