The Clarinet BBoard

The Clarinet BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Previous Message | Next Message

new mouthpiece question

Author: Ben Shaffer
Date: 2014-04-06 02:12

On Vacation, I went into an antique mall and found a very nice Normandy 4 clarinet in very good shape and bought it at a good price.
I was able to play it before I bought it. as it had a reed. The mouthpiece was a woodwind company vito 2 model and it sounds pretty nice.
Further down the road I went into yet another antique mall and found a very crappy looking no name Clarinet, but oddly it had a VanDoren B 45 Mouthpiece.
The mouthpiece looked in good shape, but was faded where the ligature rested on it.
I can buy that whole clarinet with the B45 for $50.
My question do you think the Vito from the Normandy would be a good mouthpiece or should I buy the crappy Clarinet, use the B45 Mouthpiece and turn the crappy Clarinet into a lamp?.... or should I forget about it and just buy a new B45 at around $90 for my new Normandy 4?
And yes I am a beginner :-)

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics