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Anyone playing a French bass with a German mouthpiece?

Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2024-01-22 01:19

Stephen Fox offers an adapter for the smaller German bass mouthpiece to fit a French bass neck (scroll down a bit): http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/Accessories.html#bass%20clar%20acc

Anyone using that, or otherwise a German mouthpiece on a French bass?

If so, would you agree with Stephens statement about such a combo: "It produces a much more focused, compact sound, with no detriment to intonation."

Which German mouthpiece are you using, on which French bass - and with what reeds? What ligature?

Does such a combo at all lessen the inherently "squeak-sensitive" middle second register problem on French basses, which isn't affecting the smaller bore German basses (at least not to the same degree)?

Interestingly Stephen Fox now offers also his own bass clarinet, with small German bore/French fingering: http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/Bass_Clar.html

Post Edited (2024-02-19 18:13)

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