http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/ Sax and Clarinet Mouthpiece Work Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:42:48 GMT crunchie_nuts http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7755 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7755 They seem to be a mixture of ground up hard rubber and plastic. I've refaced a couple of these. The chamber design is fairly conservative. The soprano Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:06:37 GMT John http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7754 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7754 Is the standard Yamaha mouthpiece hard rubber...ie something I could work on as a blank? What would you suggest as a easily obtained , reasonably priced Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:03:59 GMT John http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7753 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7753 I was refering to clarinet here. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:27:17 GMT Apostle Luby D. Jackson http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7752 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7752 Yes all of these things go into clarinet playing. Also remember that there are large clarinets from BBb all the way to the tiny Ab clarinet. Each clarinet has Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:01:13 GMT Edward McLean http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7751 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7751 Playing technique, instrument, reed all seeming to contribute something to the production of easy Altissimo. As this is primarily a mouthpiece site, I was Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:05:23 GMT norman.smale http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7750 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7750 How well partially uncovering 1st tonehole works depends very much on the individual clarinet and set-up. On most clarinets I have played (many) it works fine Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:19:10 GMT John Zangrando http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7749 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7749 Keith, I own a buscher c sop and would like you to finish 1 of those blank for me. I can paypal you right away. How much? John Zangrando Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:12:52 GMT kwbradbury http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7748 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7748 These were sold on eBay in 2004 in lots of 5. They are very rough and totally unplayable as blanks. Does anyone have a few they want to part with? I'm Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:14:24 GMT tenorman1952 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7747 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7747 All of the fingering charts for the altissimo register of the clarinet show the left hand index finger lifted. Players pick that finger high off the tone Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:54:49 GMT Brent http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7746 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7746 AN EASY FIX IS TO USE ONE OR MORE COATS OF CLEAR FINGERNAIL POLISH INSIDE OF THE TENON TO MAKE A LOOSE MOUTHPIECE FIT MORE SNUG - JUST PAINT ENOUGH COATS TO Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:52:10 GMT Apostle Luby D. Jackson http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7745 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7745 I thought I would share with everyone because a lot of people have been sharing with me when I joined. I'm a clarinetist and I would like to know if you all Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:13:45 GMT John http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7744 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7744 thanks, I'll give this a try. John Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:22:39 GMT Keith Bradbury http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7743 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7743 I cut a strip out of some scrap clear plastic.  It is the backing I pull off of the self-adheasive sandpaper that I use for facing work.  It needs to be Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:15:38 GMT John http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7742 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7742 If you are referring to a whole and a half step, and you are playing an alto sax then there is no problem. Since the saxophone is in the key of Eb when you Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:03:54 GMT silpopaar http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7741 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MouthpieceWork/message/7741 Hi, me congratulate for my fantastic dictionary jahhh Please Eddie no touch your mouthpiece of trade mark first line, if not understood my recommendations,