Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2014-12-20 03:59
Alexis:
Before I give the well intended advice of not "trying" new mouthpieces through purchase, thereafter selling them barely used, at no doubt a smaller amount than their original purchase price, if they simply don't meet your taste,
...or to say it another way, to try before you buy, if even possible in your locale, let me first address this issue I have.
Alexis--I fear I've lost something in translation. I 'll guess that your English (which is light years better than my Greek) has been expressed in a confusing way.
Here's why: you've asked for a mouthpiece that's bigger in your mouth, yet with similar facing (which would mean the slope of the rails, their length, width, and the similar reduction in their width as the tip of the mouthpiece is approached) to the B40, but with a smaller tip.
Though not inclined to do so with a contributor whose first or strong language is English, I might also interpret "similar facing" here (perhaps incorrectly) to be "similar inside dimensions," particularly in the mouthpiece's chamber.
Now, while mouthpiece circumferences ("bigger" mouthpieces???) differ somewhat, and different nation's reed width can vary (French, German etc.) a bit, I am wondering when you say "bigger in your mouth," if what you mean is that you can grab more of the mouthpiece and still nicely play on it--which might be consistent with a mouthpiece with longer rails/less beak angle, and/or rails that seperate from the reed further from the tip, as measured with the mouthpiece outside the player's mouth.
Maybe "bigger in your mouth" means a more open sound...or dare I say easier to blow that a B30 (which in my humble opinion is not a hard mouthpiece to play.)
The funny thing though is that "face dimensions" are what make the tip opening what it is. To seek similar metrics on these in a new mouthpiece is to derive a similar tip opening to that which you have: not your desired outcome.
Please understand that I am not judging your English or intellect. If you care to write me privately in Greek, I can seek out Greek conversant clarinet players at my end, so nothing is lost in translation.
Post Edited (2014-12-20 04:00)
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