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RE: Mouthpieces

Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2002-02-14 01:24

1)Stay away from the Buffet mouthpiece with which your R13 came. It is a junk.

2)Stay away from Selmer mouthpieces. They are good but for smaller bore clarinets than R13(0.574" bore). But if your R13 is R-13 Vintage, its bore is smaller than ordinary R-13s. Then Selmer mouthpieces may work. I personally think its quality is better than Vandorens.

3)I always find nowadays ordinary Vandoren mouthpiece tables are not flat as far as at least one dozen mouthpieces I bought. I personally think trying them without flattening them is meaningless.

4)I guess you use Vandoren 2-1/2 or 3 equivalents. If my guess is right, I recommend Vandoren B40. It is for softer reeds players. But you need someone to micro-finish its table. I do it myself using a Hard Arkansus oil stone.

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