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Re: Better version of M30 lyre?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-02-06 02:48

pandaclarinet wrote:

> For me M30 lyre is almost a perfect mouthpiece, except it make
> a rough sound when I tried to play very loud.
>
Have you tried any other VanDoren mouthpieces? The M30L is open with a long curve. Maybe something a little less open, but more open still than the M13/M13L/M15 group, like a 5RV Lyre might give you the best of both worlds. Or you could contact one of the many mouthpiece makers on this board and see if they have any ideas about how to tame the roughness in the M30 Lyre you already have.

> My clarinet is R13, so it has its limits.
> By the way, the overall seems great except a little sharp
> (intonation).

I'm not sure what limits you have in mind, but I don't think the instrument has anything to do with this.

You mention that there's a problem of sharpness. That makes me wonder if you have a Traditional model M30L or a Series 13 version. The Traditional models do play higher in pitch than the 13s. Maybe you're doing something with your embouchure to compensate for the sharpness and, when you play loud, that's causing the roughness? Do you feel yourself changing anything when you play loud?

Does the same problem happen when your teacher plays on your setup?

Karl

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