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Conn Precision #4

Author: eliese635
Date: 2014-06-03 22:25

greetings again. does anyone know about / have an opinion on the CONN PRECISION 4 mouthpiece. i believe it to be a "beginner" piece; i bought it off the shelf many years ago because a) i needed a better mouthpiece than the no-name which had come with my first clarinet (a metal one), b) i didn't know from nothing, except Conn seemed a reputable name at what i could then afford, 3) it looked cool (clear plastic). it seemed to serve me well under my "beginner" circumstances.

then i did not play clarinet for a long time ---- a bit of alto at the request of a college band director who needed the part but didn't have anyone to play it (he quite often sucked me in as a ringer, most often on French Horn); i used my own alto with whatever mouthpiece was with it (Conn); some bass, mostly doubling in pit orchestra on baritone sax. then nothing again for a long time. i had an opportunity to buy a one-owner Selmer Centered Tone sn P8252 (1954), which had with it the HS* (older manufacture - circled HS* on the "table"[?]),

so now, after 60 years of (mostly) brass playing, i am trying to get serious about clarinet. (alto parts seem to have pretty much disappeared now; pity; i like it. locally, bass parts are mostly covered; Eb parts are ignored if they even exist.) so: Bb, of which most groups seem to want more.

thank you all for your immediate responses re: the HS* - i do like it. BUT does ANYONE know about, have experience with, have opinions on the CONN PRECISION 4 ? it feels good, sounds a bit different, perhaps somewhat louder (but maybe that is just me, learning).

this is a (very long) curiosity question; i'll probably stay with the HS* unless i learn better. i've played the mouthpiece game with brass & sax until settling on what works for me and don't want to do that (expensive) collection of paperweights again at my age.

i've heard good things about the Clark Fobes Debut model. comments on that?

thank you if you've read all this, & especially if you reply; any other comments too will be appreciated.

john moore, jr

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