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Re: Facing length and embouchure

Author: kerryklari
Date: 2021-10-25 15:02

paulyb: I'm trying German cut reeds - I got a box of Thomann own brand assorted to try but don't like any of them; I've also got a few Legeres and they seem to work fine. Thanks for the Howarth suggestion but I bought something from them a while ago and it got swallowed up in customs issues, took ages to arrive, and cost too much in extra charges to be worth it.

Micke Isotalo - Thomann is my usual source and their return policy is great. Unfortunately, the first mouthpiece I got from them with a view to trying it and maybe returning it got scratched by the lig (a GF one and the screw thread goes right across the top of the lig and has scratched the top of the mouthpiece). It's not a big scratch but it's clearly visible so I don't think they would take it back. I wish I hadn't bothered - I've got a few similar ligs that I originally bought for boehm mouthpieces and they all seem to fit perfectly well. Hey ho.

mddds: thanks for the info. I started with a basic Yamaha M3D and it's actually ok to play, I just don't think it sounds particularly great. That might be me of course. I have an old Lebü mouthpiece that came with the clarinet I have and that is tricky because it's quite narrow and all my ligs are too large (it's why I bought the GF one, I thought it would fit as it's allegedly designed for German mouthpieces) so I have to tie the reed on. That's ok but I'm not sure I really get it tight enough. I suppose I'd get better with practice, but I don't think it's a particularly great mouthpiece. The only other I have tried is an ESM KG1 - this looked interesting and Thomann had a B stock one at a pretty reasonably price. I don't really like it all that much and would return it if it hadn't got scratched. Looking through Thomann's reviews the AW Reeds D90 and the Leitner & Kraus T2 get very good reviews, esp the latter. They have quite different geometries.

Out of interest, I tried slipping a piece of paper between the mouthpiece and the reed to see how much difference there might be between the M3D and the KG1 as the stated facing length of the M3D is much shorter than for the KG1, but they were almost exactly the same. The Lebü was shorter even though it's nominally longer than the M3D.

The clarinet is a fairly old Adler.

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