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Author: winders
Date: 2015-01-25 04:15
Hello all,
I'm currently using YCL-450 and I'm curious about the standard pitch of the instrument, is that 440/442?
From the Yamaha web and other sources I found that the spec for the YCL-450 barrel is:
Length - 65mm
Upper bore diameter - 15.3mm (.602")
Lower bore diameter - 15.15mm (.596")
From what I know, the standard barrel length is 66mm, but my clarinet has 65mm.
Is that true that if I'm using stock barrel and If I want to buy a new mouthpiece I must buy a mouthpiece at pitch 440?
Because if I buy a mouthpiece at pitch 442 on my stock barrel, the sound will get sharp because the tune is higher than 442?
Sorry If I'm wrong. Thanks for helping
Post Edited (2015-01-25 04:18)
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-01-25 05:12
A mouthpiece specified at 442 will play a little higher but that doesn't mean you cannot get it to play at concert A=440. Here is another reality, most amateur groups tend to play on the high side anyway. So I second Ken's suggestion to get a tuner to make sure where you are at (throughout the horn NOT just concert "Bb).
If you find you are pulling out too much (over an eighth of an inch), than you can think about a slightly longer barrel.
...........Paul Aviles
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2015-01-26 00:27
What maker(s) actually specifies their mouthpiece as 442?
I know that the Vandoren 13 series were alledged to be designed for American players used to 440 but nowhere have I seen Vandoren state that the non-13 series are designed for 442.
Surely a mouthpiece in itself has no specific pitch, it's just one part of a large system (which most importantly includes the player) that overall dictates a pitch.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-01-26 02:39
Amen Norman !!!!!
However, at least ONE maker (that I know of off hand) specifies a 442 mouthpiece and that would be the "shortened" versions of the Gennusa mouthpieces made by Ben Redwine. I'm pretty sure that there are others but as we all clearly should know, it only indicates a tendency to play higher or lower when a pitch designation is used on a mouthpiece by itself.
..............Paul Aviles
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