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Mouthpiece chippage

Author: RJShaw0
Date: 2011-05-08 05:51

So there I am, playing through the Brahms for fun, and after a few bars rest I put my clarinet to my mouth, probably overly energetically, and it hits my teeth.

The tip chips. <insert augmented fourth here>

It chipped on the inside of the tip just off center, and it's about 2mm x 2mm. I didn't chip off a chunk of the tip, but more or less a piece between the reed and the tip.

Has anyone any idea how to fix a chip like this without destroying the sound quality completely? It still plays, but it sounds airy now.

I read somewhere that you can fix the outside but nothing on the inside, and that was all about plastic mouthpieces, whereas mine's crystal.

Cheers in advance,
RJS

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2011-05-08 05:51