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Re: Looking for less resistant mouthpiece

Author: sonicbang
Date: 2023-04-16 18:33

Hi pukalo,

B45 dot is similar in almost every aspect but it has a lightly bigger chamber than the regular B45. This detail might give slightly less resistance, but I would day the difference between a two regular B45s can be as big as between a normal B45 and a B45 dot.

if you are looking forward to a mouthpiece like a B45 but with less resistance, the easiest way to get there is to reduce the resistance of you B45. There are several ways to achieve this, depending on your needs (correcting possible asymmetrical spots, close the facing a bit, tinning the rails, adjust the steepness of the resistance curve, slightly opening the throat, etc).

Best would be an in-person session with a mouthpiece technician, but if you don't have the chance to arrange this, you can do that via mailing. I also reface/customize mouthpieces, and there are several skilled refacers/mouthpiece artists/technicians on this BBoard, eg. Donald, who has also replied to this thread.

For more info about the available refacers, you can check this link:

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=461271&t=461271

Hope this helps.

Mark

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