Author: Bill
Date: 2006-10-03 23:27
This is some kind of miracle mouthpiece. It has special powers.
I played-tested four mouthpieces this evening with my P-series Selmer Centered Tone: (1) an HS* "oval," (2) another HS* "Oval," (3) a B* "oval," and (4) a wide-bore c. 1950s Ch. Chedeville. Keep in mind that #1-3 (all Selmer mouthpieces) were MADE for the CT-era Selmer clarinet. All four required that the barrel be pulled out substantially, and even then showed poor intonation (with a #3 VD blue box reed) above clarion A and below fundamental C. The Ched was the worst.
My "Crown" mouthpiece played the scale (with the same reed) in as nearly perfect intonation as I have seen in my clarinets in some time. And this with the barrel not pulled out at all. The upper clarion was FINE, no sharpness, and even the notorious fundamental low A was not terribly sharp (~3 cents).
OK, this one gets buried with me. This thing is magic.
Bill.
Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)
Post Edited (2006-10-03 23:28)
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