Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2020-11-02 22:52
SecondTry, at Thomann.de you can find the tip openings of the Nick mouthpieces - supposedly measured by them.
Another Austrian mouthpiece maker told me that the Nick Brahms is 1,15mm open and 22mm long, which he says also the Vandoren M30 is. I have both, but nevertheless they play very differently and the M30 also takes a little bit stiffer reeds. The Vandoren B40 may be a little bit closer to the Brahms in sound, but is still also very different. Also tuning is different.
Also I was surprised by the idea of taking in less of a mouthpiece with a longer facing. I played for about two years on a Playeasy A' with a long, Viennese facing, and though I thought I was already taking quite a lot of mouthpiece a French system player at a masterclass advised me to take even more. I did that and my tone got better, most notably in the first register.
After the A' I changed to the Brahms, but just recently I found the Leitner & Kraus SZ to suite me even better. Tuning is definitely better, but also the sound in the first register. I play Reform Boehm clarinets.
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