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Re: German mouthpiece facings

Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2023-04-05 19:46

Just adding a comment about typical dimensions of "German" and "Austrian" (Viennese) facings, for those who may not be too familiar with these.

As an example, the German mouthpieces offered by Maxton has facing lengths between 15-23mm, and all of these which are for German cut cane reeds has tip openings very close to 1.0mm (some of those for Boehm reeds are larger).

All their Austrian mouhtpieces, on the other hand, has facing lenghts between 27-35mm, and the tip openings on these that are for cane reeds are 0.757-0.832mm (those for synthetics are larger, even up to 0.942mm).

When playing on these, it should of course be remembered that the longer the facing, the more intake is needed (that's at least my experience).

Also that the larger bore of Austrian mouthpieces (typically 15.4mm) doesn't work with Boehm clarinets (internal tuning probably goes crazy), nor does the tenons of German or Austrian mouthpieces fit Boehm barrel sockets.

To get a mouthpiece with Austrian facing working well on a Boehm clarinet would thus probably need a special order, with the facing being put on a Boehm mouthpiece blank (I believe that besides Maxton also at least Gleichweit offers this). On the other hand, a German bore could go well with Boehm (both typically 15.0mm), so in that case probably only the tenon of the mouthpiece or the socket of the barrel needs to be altered.

Post Edited (2023-04-06 10:52)

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