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Re: Reed behaviour I don't understand

Author: kerryklari
Date: 2023-12-22 13:46

Hi Fuzzy

My instrument is the same as this one: https://feinwerkstatt.net/instrumente/bassklarinette-g-rudolf-uebel/

Fairly uncommon but not completely unknown - Ed Pillinger had made a mouthpiece for another one some time in the past. One of its unusual features is that the mouthpiece slides over the neck like on a saxophone. This is a bit of a problem because no standard bass clarinet mouthpiece will fit - I had the Lomax reamed out so although it has a tenon, the whole thing slides onto the neck. Tuning is by sliding the mouthpiece in or out a bit.

So, embouchure wise, I think "more like a saxophone" is the answer to your question.

I haven't played any other bass clarinet (well, once about 50 years ago!) and there is no chance that I could. I don't have a teacher or anyone else who could try the instrument. I'd happily have a teacher but I live in a remote part of rural Ireland and there simply isn't one to be had, so I'm sort of poking around in the dark trying to solve problems when I don't entirely know what the problem is. However, I have played saxophones, clarinets, even an oboe, in the past - none very well maybe, but I have some experience with reed instruments and I have never had a problem quite like this one before.

Thanks - KK

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