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Re: new mouthpiece = new reeds??

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-03-24 16:39

Ya know, sometimes it remains a bit of a mystery. I have an M13 that I was sure had one tiny dimension off somewhere, but overall it sounded great so I held on to it for YEARS. I finally took it to a guy who said it measured fine. He still did a bit of adjusting to the tip (which unfortunately opened it up a bit) and I brought it home to find that there still was an inclination there for the mouthpiece to "chirp" every now and then. A mystery.

Yours may be an easier diagnosis, but there is a chance that there is something about the combination of your embouchure, the angle you hold the clarinet (side to side that is) and the facing of that particular mouthpiece that just doesn't work for you. At least that is my conclusion for myself on the above mystery.

I too was interested in trying the 13 Version of the CL4, but your description is discouraging. What I like most about my CL4 is the compact "oooh" sound that it gets. Any change in the tone chamber DOES have an affect on the sound, and it's unfortunate to hear about this result.

Are you speaking of the first (lowest) line "E" of the staff? The typical problem with a 13 Series (or any other lower pitch custom mouthpiece) on a Buffet R13 is that it will make the "E" and particularly the "F" at the bottom of the staff hard to adjust upward enough. This is REALLY a problem in the Winter when halls are cool and NOTHING short of a really short barrel will fix this nightmare. I am inclined to usually avoid the lower pitched mouthpieces for this reason, however, the problem in the Summer can be quite different.

..............Paul Aviles

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