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Re: Backun Signature Clarinet Mouthpiece

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2023-06-06 20:16

Donald,

Thank you for correcting that difference in the A Blank designation! I just looked and you are absolutely right. I think I was so pleased with the "A-blank" that I stopped paying attention to how the configuration looked..........and then promptly went back to German mouthpieces by Gleichweit. I assumed a massively angled wall for those as well (like my much earlier Wurlitzers). However, for a German mouthpiece the Gleichweits only have a quite moderate angle to their tone chamber........radical for a German design I'm sure.

LostConn,

The o-rings are neither better nor worse than cork, just a different set of pluses and minuses. Being able to change the sizes of the o-rings makes moving to different barrels much easier than having to change cork for sure. However if you are changing a lot, it is easy to break an o-ring and it makes it better to have a bunch on hand. You feel the three bumps as you put an o-ring mouthpiece on the barrel but if the fit is right, it is pretty tight and just as secure. I still find myself applying some cork grease to make a tighter fit move more easily.

.................Paul Aviles

Post Edited (2023-06-06 20:18)

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