Several issues at play regarding the clarinet mpc question,
probably one of the largest is that there are far less variations
on acceptable clarinet tone than there are of acceptable saxophone
tones.  

Regarding the clarinet mpc on the sax, there's lot of
bastardization going on out there, some things work for some
individuals and that is cool.

Clarinet players can be just as neurotic as sax players regarding
mpcs, believe me, I lived with two of them!  They always wound up
sounding the same after every "revelation."

Maybe another way of putting it, if we got rid of all of the
non-classical tones of the saxophones, we would see a lot less of
the mouthpiece issue for saxes as well.




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>    Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 05:21:21 -0000
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> Subject: Clarinet mpc. compared to Sax mpc.
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> Why do used sax mouthpieces demand such a high resale price and
> used 
> clarinet pieces go for $15? The new prices for clarinet pieces
> are 
> comparable to the new prices of saxophone pieces. 
> 
> My answer is that while the clarinet player is satisfied not to 
> search; the saxophone player is never satisfied (and that keeps
> the 
> market up) he wants to buy every other brand or model mouthpiece
> out 
> there, to experience the "FEEL"!! 
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> Also why is there such a hype on the need for the "special sax
> piece" 
> and clarinet players are mostly content with the generic? 
> 
> BTW: what is the design theory with the clarinet piece that makes
> it 
> unsuitable for the saxophone (besides the obvious method of 
> attachment)? 
> 
> Don't say that the clarinet piece is designed for a straight bore
> 
> instrument and the saxophone piece is designed for a conical 
> instrument. I would like to know what this design difference is
> in 
> actual shape and feature and why does this make the saxophone
> piece 
> such a mystery; that we saxophone players have a never ending
> search 
> for one that works right!! 
> 
> I heard of a Jazz player that fitted a clarinet mouthpiece to his
> sax 
> and played it great! Explain that one. 
> 
> Doc Tenney posted this story of a friend using a clarinet piece
> on a 
> sax, but I cannot locate the post. Doc, if you are out there can
> you
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I'm a bit confused about the use of the term "classical sound," especially in regard to the saxophone. In the context of clarinet, I might be inclined to use "conservatory" rather than "classical." 
tmugwump