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Re: A young player's observation on a new mouthpiece

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2017-06-04 05:51

Kind of a "clarinet/mouthpiece/reed synergy," I would say, even better than the expected sum of the parts. The Behn Overture is made of acrylic, which I used to believe was always a step below rubber as a mouthpiece material, but the success of both the Behn Overture and the Fobes Debut acrylic mouthpieces made me wonder if acrylic might have its own special charms. The German ESM acrylic mouthpieces designed as pro models for Bohem clarinets really made me change my mind. The ESM black acrylic without a tenon ring, the ESM black acrylic with a metal tenon ring, and the blue "Heaven" acrylic model--all in Roger McKinny's facing, MCK1, just might be some of the best machine made mouthpieces on the market today. Pleasant, well-balanced core sound, consistent quality control, and excellent tuning make these very much worth trying. I've found they sound especially good on recordings.

Post Edited (2017-06-04 17:16)

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