I did my first clarinet mouthpiece last night, and now I'm hooked.
The mouthpiece was stuffy, dull. I narrowed the rails substantially, 
and now the piece screams.  This is what I was looking for in a big 
band setting.  I got the courage to try this after reading posts on 
this site, and reading Eric Brand's repair manual.  Now I'm dangerous.
Thanks to all the experts out there.

Steve - Costenbader's Woodwind Services www.saxman.org

Did you just adjust the thickness of the rails or did you change the 
curve or other dimensions as well?  I've checked through the archives 
for articles on clarinet mouthpieces, and I'd like to get more info from 
anyone who has had success with them.  Non-radial curves?  Deliberate 
flat spots?  Tip openings & facing lengths?  Etc. etc.  Thanks.  I play 
quite a bit of clarinet, and I'm using a Robert Scott mouthpiece (which 
works great), but I'd love to modify some other pieces I have and see 
what can be done.

Dan

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>I did my first clarinet mouthpiece last night, and now I'm hooked.
>The mouthpiece was stuffy, dull. I narrowed the rails substantially, 
>and now the piece screams.  This is what I was looking for in a big 
>band setting.  I got the courage to try this after reading posts on 
>this site, and reading Eric Brand's repair manual.  Now I'm dangerous.
>Thanks to all the experts out there.
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Somewhere on our site is a nice pdf article from Santy Runyon written 
for a clarinet magazine in 1960.  It was a three part article, and dealt 
with various facing contours, including those with flats.
 
Paul

Dan Torosian wrote:

> Did you just adjust the thickness of the rails or did you change the
> curve or other dimensions as well?  I've checked through the archives
> for articles on clarinet mouthpieces, and I'd like to get more info from
> anyone who has had success with them.  Non-radial curves?  Deliberate
> flat spots?  Tip openings & facing lengths?  Etc. etc.  Thanks.  I play
> quite a bit of clarinet, and I'm using a Robert Scott mouthpiece (which
> works great), but I'd love to modify some other pieces I have and see
> what can be done.
>
> Dan
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> >I did my first clarinet mouthpiece last night, and now I'm hooked.
> >The mouthpiece was stuffy, dull. I narrowed the rails substantially,
> >and now the piece screams.  This is what I was looking for in a big
> >band setting.  I got the courage to try this after reading posts on
> >this site, and reading Eric Brand's repair manual.  Now I'm dangerous.
> >Thanks to all the experts out there.
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This html message parsed with html2text ---------------------------Thanks, Paul. Yes, I saw the .pdf files in the clarinet section but haven't
been able to open them for some reason. I suspect they contain the info I'm
looking for, though.  
  
Dan  
  
Paul Coats wrote:  

> `Somewhere on our site is a nice pdf article from Santy Runyon written for a
> clarinet magazine in 1960. It was a three part article, and dealt with
> various facing contours, including those with flats.`  
>  ` `  
>  `Paul`  
>  
>  Dan Torosian wrote:  
>
>

>> ` Did you just adjust the thickness of the rails or did you change the  
>  curve or other dimensions as well? I've checked through the archives  
>  for articles on clarinet mouthpieces, and I'd like to get more info from  
>  anyone who has had success with them. Non-radial curves? Deliberate  
>  flat spots? Tip openings & facing lengths? Etc. etc. Thanks. I play  
>  quite a bit of clarinet, and I'm using a Robert Scott mouthpiece (which  
>  works great), but I'd love to modify some other pieces I have and see  
>  what can be done.  
>  
>  Dan  
>  
>  [scoste@...](mailto:scoste@...) wrote:  
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>  >I did my first clarinet mouthpiece last night, and now I'm hooked.  
>  >The mouthpiece was stuffy, dull. I narrowed the rails substantially,  
>  >and now the piece screams. This is what I was looking for in a big  
>  >band setting. I got the courage to try this after reading posts on  
>  >this site, and reading Eric Brand's repair manual. Now I'm dangerous.  
>  >Thanks to all the experts out there.  
>  >  
>  >Steve - Costenbader's Woodwind Services
> [www.saxman.org](http://www.saxman.org)  
>  `
>
>  
>

Dan, email me at tenorman1952@... <mailto:tenorman1952@...>, I 
will send you the file.

 

Paul

Dan Torosian wrote:

> Thanks, Paul.  Yes, I saw the .pdf files in the clarinet section but 
> haven't been able to open them for some reason.  I suspect they 
> contain the info I'm looking for, though.
>
> Dan
>
> Paul Coats wrote:
>
>> Somewhere on our site is a nice pdf article from Santy Runyon written 
>> for a clarinet magazine in 1960.  It was a three part article, and 
>> dealt with various facing contours, including those with flats.
>>  
>> Paul
>>
>> Dan Torosian wrote:
>>
>>> Did you just adjust the thickness of the rails or did you change the
>>> curve or other dimensions as well?  I've checked through the archives
>>> for articles on clarinet mouthpieces, and I'd like to get more info 
>>> from
>>> anyone who has had success with them.  Non-radial curves?  Deliberate
>>> flat spots?  Tip openings & facing lengths?  Etc. etc.  Thanks.  I play
>>> quite a bit of clarinet, and I'm using a Robert Scott mouthpiece (which
>>> works great), but I'd love to modify some other pieces I have and see
>>> what can be done.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> scoste@... wrote:
>>>
>>> >I did my first clarinet mouthpiece last night, and now I'm hooked.
>>> >The mouthpiece was stuffy, dull. I narrowed the rails substantially,
>>> >and now the piece screams.  This is what I was looking for in a big
>>> >band setting.  I got the courage to try this after reading posts on
>>> >this site, and reading Eric Brand's repair manual.  Now I'm dangerous.
>>> >Thanks to all the experts out there.
>>> >
>>> >Steve - Costenbader's Woodwind Services www.saxman.org
>>
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