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Re: Yamaha clarinet mouthpiece and Legere

Author: donald
Date: 2021-01-07 01:35

I've refaced 4C mouthpieces quite successfully, but with these ones I feel I can never quite get the tone to "hold" at different dynamics. They will always sound fine (when paired with the right reed) within a narrow dynamic range, but lose some of the quality of the sound at FF and PP.
The 5C I've had a lot more success with - several of my students play on discarded 5Cs with a slightly lengthened facing, similar to the Lomax "3" facing, less resistant than a 5RVLyre.
You are, of course asking about the CM "custom" mouthpiece blanks - that I've had no access to (these are quite rare here in NZ). I'd like to try one of these sometime, and suspect that the 5CM might respond to "my" treatment- though that doesn't mean YOU will like it ;-)
Here is the facing I put on the last 5C I refaced - 38 / 23.5 / 12 / 5.5 / 1.08mm
(that translates to a 19mm length)

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