Author: SonicManEXE
Date: 2015-10-08 02:11
Hey all,
Haven't posted here in almost four years. Anyway, I have a little story to tell:
When I last posted, I was afraid my clarinet was wood and I had marched with it in eighth grade with my high school in the rain (turns out it was composite and miraculously no pads were ruined). I am now a senior and one of the clarinet captains of my high school, as well as principal player of our highest level band. Recently, my band director asked me to play contra-alto clarinet in the second band because I'm in both band classes. Of course, I agreed. I decided that I'd like to sound somewhat decent on it and, if possible, I'd like to not use the gross mouthpiece that came with it. The problem is that Vandoren's mouthpiece for contra-alto/bass (the CM370) is just shy of $500. Maybe if I were serious about playing this thing I'd consider shelling out the cash, but it's for a LeBlanc Vito contra-alto and I'm going to be playing music that won't be too terribly difficult for me.
So, my question to you all is do you know of any cost-effective mouthpieces on the market, or may have one laying around you wouldn't mind giving up? On my regular instrument I play on a 5RV with 3 1/2 V21 reeds, if that's anything to go by.
Thanks all,
Jared
Jared
Ft. Lauderdale & Tampa, FL
Post Edited (2015-10-08 02:12)
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