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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2022-05-05 06:56
Eric,
Thanks for rounding up these elusive Licostini mouthpieces to help acquaint players in the USA with them. The FDC (named for Italian virtuoso Fabio Di Casola?) model you chose seems to be fairly popular on the other side of the Atlantic. To my ears, both the regular polymer and the polymer with added brass particles manage to have a strong overtone profile and little tendency toward a dull hollowness or "washed out" quality that is often found in "dark" mouthpieces. Both seem to focus and project largely on their own, without the player consciously working towards that end. I did sense, though, that you had to push more air into the brass-added model, which hardened the tone quality a bit more than I would like. The regular model sounded unforced and natural as if just exhaling was enough to get the sound out--and that I liked very much. These Licostinis have a gentle sheen and sparkle to them just beneath the dark surface that keeps the music going. The articulated notes also have a resonant depth that is rare in dark mouthpieces; it would have been good to hear the Midsummer Night's Dream Scherzo on them.
If you get other Licostini models including those with silver particles added, please let us hear them. On another occasion you might consider reviewing Lee Livengood's current line of mouthpieces. I believe he has 4 different designs for Bb clarinet and you'll get them in way less time than 6 months!
Post Edited (2022-05-05 07:41)
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