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Author: Klose ★2017
Date: 2018-05-01 00:19
I have one. Their mouthpieces are very Viennese style and the ring "cork" is very nice. But I think they do not have mouthpieces for standard Böhm instruments.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-05-01 03:29
What reed brand and strength do you use?
I noticed that even for a "German (or Viennese) Style" facing, some have a very long facing indeed, up to 35mm !!!!
.............Paul Aviles
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Author: Klose ★2017
Date: 2018-05-01 03:35
My Maxton is designed for synthetic reeds. So I use Legere German cut, 3.25. For my other German style mouthpieces, I usually use 2.25.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-05-01 03:49
Thank YOU!!! This is quite helpful for me. I have had really good luck with a Wurlitzer M3+ and Legere German cut strength "3." I can see where the extra strength would come in handy on a longer facing. The M3+ is 24.9mm long.
.............Paul Aviles
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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2018-05-01 07:40
Maxton does offer mouthpieces for the French Boehm clarinet and the German Reform Boehm as well. But the facings for the French Boehm are mostly very long and very open at the tip--beyond what most orchestral and classical players use in the US (that is, much more open and long than, for example, a Vandoren B40 or B40 lyre or B46.) There are a few Maxton Boehm mouthpieces in the following list and more in the Maxton catalog (tucked in way at the end of the mouthpiece offerings):
https://www.thomannmusic.com/maxton_clarinet_mouthpieces.html.
Post Edited (2018-05-01 08:53)
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Author: Klose ★2017
Date: 2018-05-01 11:15
Hmm...nice to know they also offer mouthpieces for French system clarinets now. But to be honest, the only thing I like of their mouthpieces is the "O rings". If you are not in Austria and you cannot try a lot of them, probably it is better to stick with Vandoren. The strength of Maxton is the Viennese mouthpieces and I would also say the quality is not very good. They even just use a hand written sticker (!?) to mark the model of their mouthpieces...
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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2018-05-01 21:32
Brad Behn in the U.S. uses O-rings on his mouthpieces.
Post Edited (2018-05-01 21:33)
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2018-05-03 18:35
I bought a WB 9,5 (vienna, boehm, 9.5 opening) from Martin Fluch at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago last December. This is a Vienna-style mouthpiece, chambered to match the bore of Buffet R13's, etc.
There are two versions: normal for cane reeds, and more finished with a facing seal for polymer reeds. I have the normal one.
This replaced a Clark Fobes Nova.
It is much easier to control than anything I have played in the last few decades. This might be just me.
Tuning has been very good.
Well-worn reeds are tolerated much better than anything I have played.
Extreme volume levels are not as loud, but that actually has helped me follow a friend's voice teacher's comment, "You should listen louder than you sing."
In short, I like it a lot. But it is going to be a lot different from what most people in the USA have been playing on.
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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2018-05-03 21:04
When you say the tip opening is 9,5 or 9.5, I assume you mean that it is 0.95 mm open or just a little under 1 mm. Is that correct? An opening that close would usually have a slightly reduced capacity to reach the loudest dynamic levels but also be easy to control because it does not require a great volume of air or much lip pressure and can be voiced easily in the oral cavity and throat (assuming the interior dimensions are supportive). Do you know the length of the lay on this mouthpiece? Viennese lays are usually much longer than French and American ones.
Most Maxton mouthpieces are described in their online catalog as made of "plastic," by which, I suppose, they mean acrylic. Is yours made of acrylic?
Post Edited (2018-05-04 17:58)
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2018-05-04 15:17
Yes that measurement .095mm is correct.
The Maxton WB 9,5 seems to want reed strenght somewhere between previous mouthpieces Vandoren 5RVLynre and Fobes Nova.
I will check on the material.
Don't know if Mr. Fluch will be in Chicago again this year, but he sed he sold enough to make the trip profitable. See the attached photo.
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2018-05-04 15:17
Yes that measurement .095mm is correct.
The Maxton WB 9,5 seems to want reed strenght somewhere between previous mouthpieces Vandoren 5RVLynre and Fobes Nova.
I will check on the material.
Don't know if Mr. Fluch will be in Chicago again this year, but he sed he sold enough to make the trip profitable.
Post Edited (2018-05-04 15:21)
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Author: Monsterchef
Date: 2020-02-02 08:43
I believe maxton has become Gleichweit at some stage last year. The product line of maxton has also changed.
Since a few weeks ago I have been using a Gleichweit HH1 Austrian facing on a set of RB. It does produce a lovely dark sound with number 5 reeds. Unfortunately I still have difficulty in sustaining a stable embrochure due to the depth of bite required for ultra long facing.
Anyone have some practical tips to help adapt to Austrian facing?
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Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2020-02-06 14:39
Formerly Johannes Gleichweit and Martin Fluch ran Maxton together, but now they've separated so Gleichweit runs his own line of mouthpieces and Fluch continues running Maxton. Maxton has renewed (and renamed) their whole mouthpiece line, where as I understand the facings are the same as before but the material is new. I've tried a few pieces of these renewed ones and I found them to be an improvement tonally as well as how they felt in my mouth (the previous ones gave me a "plastic" and "screechy" feel, while it may not have translated to how they actually sounded).
That said, I still stayed with my Playnick A' - from their previous line of Viennese facing mouthpieces.
Monsterchef, the only most basic advice I can give you is to play a lot of long tone exercises. I'm not a strong advocate of such on a regular basis, but whenever you make changes to your embouchure they are essential in establishing those changes (since at long tone exercises you don't need to concentrate on anything else but your embouchure).
I also play Viennese facings on RB clarinets, and yet another advice I could give is to really make sure you take in enough mouthpiece - considering the very long facings. I thought myself I was doing just that for the first about two years I played on those, but realized just last summer that I needed to take in still more (tone became better, especially in the low register).
Post Edited (2020-02-06 14:47)
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