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Mouthpiece Attributes

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2022-11-19 21:13

In a single place on the forum, what are all the attributes of a clarinet mouthpiece one can add to this list that comprise the near totality of things that affect how it plays. I'll start what I know must not be an exhaustive list and I'll assume symmetry:

1) the player
2) the tip opening
3) the lay and its curvature
4) the rail thickness
5) the material the mouthpiece is made of
6) something about the internals, I'm sure
7) the mechanism by which it connects to the clarinet, to wit, Brad Behn's multiple rings, versus cork, versus that do hickey piece of hardware being sold that supposedly better transfers energy from the mouthpiece to the clarinet body.
8) something about the beak and its angle

I'd prefer we leave things out like the reed or temperature/humidity.

TIA

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