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Re: German mp on buffet clarinet

Author: donald
Date: 2014-06-22 06:50

If you research/search for info on this you may have found some postings I made in the past that seemed encouraging. Please bear in mind that the players I knew/know who used German faced mouthpieces were using mouthpieces specifically for the Reform Boehm clarinet made by Wurlitzer. My experience with standard "Oehler" system mouthpieces confirms the opinion above- ridiculous tuning is the result (typically, seriously wide 12th, in some cases more that 20c either side of zero on the tuner).
Oddly enough I have in my possession a Herbert Wurlitzer mouthpiece that is made for a German bore clarinet but with a french style exterior/facing. This mouthpiece is designed for french reeds and plays very nicely with V12s. It has the Oehler size tenon. Due to its bore dimensions it plays, unfortunately, ridiculously out of tune on a Boehm clarinet, and was obviously made for an Oehler player who wanted to play a french style facing. I'm looking at it now- it has an extreme A frame throat, S curve on the baffle with a double concave at the throat... Moderate "bullet" shape where the sidewalls meet the bore and window/rails that pretty much match your average French style mouthpiece.
dn

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