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a vandoren BD5 cm1005 mothpiece for an abslote beginnen

Author: spikey1973
Date: 2023-05-11 16:06

Hey to all,

for those that haven't been following my previous question..

I am completely new to clarinet playing, and recieved my 1e rubber 18 key clarinet yesterday and besides diving in the theory of maintance on for hand. I am now getting my first notes out.

my personal review of the clarinet so far is that it is a japanese made rubber upper and lower part and maybe also the barrelt, but I believe the bell and the mouth piece to be cheap chinese usefull crap.

so for now it will be fine, but on the other hand I am a firm believer that proper quality tools helps getting a job done right. so even though in general there are oke reviews of the clarinet itself, i believe a proper mouthpiece would be very helpful in my learnings.

Online informations informed me that the best way to choose a mouthpiece is to go to a store and try a few. Unfortunately I believe to lack the experience to make a right choose. so for now I have 5 options, where the first really isn't an option, or is it? From reviews here I found now that the yamaha line really isn't worth it.. but the orther two are not obtainable for me.

1) stick with the current chinese mouthpiece untill I believe I would have enough background to get myself a nice mouthpiece. but on the otherhand..
will it diminish my learning curve?

2) get myself the most frequently used yamaha mouthpiece and if so which (4c to 6c) -> instead Behn Overture (Fobes Debut) particularly with aria reeds?

3) The thomann.de in europe showed the d'addario woodwinds graftonite mouthpieces as fairly good price quality balance. thinking A5, A7, B7?

4) I can currently get a BD5 cm1005 mouthpiece at a 2/3 price online from someone that ordered the wrong one..supposedly never used. which seems to be a good mouthpiece.. the descriptions of the mouthpiece seem to be what I would appreciate, but the question is would it be a good step for a beginner.
for me it has a good prie/quality balance, but htat is not all in life.

5) I also found a very used B40 mouthpiece.. from what I read it is also a good option. but the price / used / quality balance seems to me to be not as good as the BD5. So investment wise i would prefer the BD5.

any suggestions on what to go for?

Additionally a ebony barrel of same lenght as the rubber one an adviced upgrade?

Post Edited (2023-05-11 22:48)

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