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Re: Behn Sono

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2021-03-24 00:39

So......yes, every year or so I re-invent myself in some way and yes, "new mouthpieces" are not new to me.

I sorta tempered my enthusiasm because of the rather customized version. Also I use a fairly odd set of dimensions and my approach may be equally unique.

But I never before came as close to "effortless" as Micke describes it using a Boehm mouthpiece. Five years ago the representative of Viotto mouthpieces (Bas DeJong) sent me a N1+ with a bunch of 2 1/2 strength Vandoren Traditional White Masters. The Viotto tenon was reduced for use with Boehm clarinets. As it turns out, the tuning is rather close and one can use a German mouthpiece on a Boehm (with some unique accommodations mostly in the altissimo). The results were quite eye opening in that you just put the mouthpiece in your mouth and blow (compared with the OVERLY obsessive attention to embouchure that we shower on clarinet playing here in the US).

Until now, I have not been able to come as close on Boehm, though I know Brad Behn himself uses a very light technique (as I am to understand).

Though it may not entirely be all due to my latest mouthpiece, I am quite grateful to have a means to and end available to me. I would certainly trust any future custom work from Brad Behn.

.....................Paul Aviles

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