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Re: Geo Jenney Mouthpiece

Author: PaulW
Date: 2023-02-09 01:36

Hello Ken.

The Geo Jenney mpc is used on my Buffet Crampon BC20 clarinet. The clarinet was purchased new in the late 60s at the factory in Paris by my mentor, Herbert Handman.

The long story:

Herb was going back to Paris to get himself another clarinet and he told my dad that I should be playing a professional model - my dad agreed to foot the bill, but refused to pay for a Buffet clarinet case - too expensive! Instead, the clarinet was housed in a LeBlanc student clarinet case (to my everlasting chagrin).

When I was a kid, I often looked at those fancy Buffet attache cases and wished I had one. Now that I can buy such a case, I'm not sure if I want to.

As a young man, the instrument in that clarinet case took me to many places where I lived some astonishing moments. The LeBlanc case has history, my history; it paid its dues as recorded in its scuff marks - a new Buffet case might never earn its place.

Back to the question - the Geo Jenney was used on my BC20. I use a plastic inverted Luyben ligature. The reeds that I still have are Buffet Crampon 3.5 strength and LaVoz MH.

Paul

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