Author: Tony F
Date: 2021-11-13 17:40
Vintschevski,
You started me on a voyage of discovery in the deepest depths of my junkbox. I have a drawer full of assorted mouthpieces and I was able to assemble a selection of 953's, 926's and some unmarked B&H mouthpieces, plus my previously-mentioned 1010 mouthpieces, along with a 1010, a 926 and an Emperor. All are in good playing order and I spent an interesting couple of hours with a Korg tuner. The conclusions were not entirely what I expected. The best tuning was obtained with a hard rubber Emperor using a 926 mouthpiece, but a similar 926 mouthpiece produced different and inferior tuning.
A plastic 593 on an Edgware also worked well where the 926 mouthpiece worked less well. A hard rubber 926 clarinet tuned better than a wood 926 using the same mouthpieces. My 1010 tuned quite well with both the B&H 1010 mouthpiece and the Pillinger, although the Pillinger was slightly better. None of the 926 or 953 mouthpieces tuned well on the 1010, but a Lelandais that I bored out myself works well.
You are right about the 953's being made in both plastic and hard rubber, and also about the varying types of architecture , although the 926's were much more consistent in design.
An interesting evening.
Tony F.
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