Ok last night was the first rehersal with the new Yamaha. I can say it is
lighter than the Beuscher that I have been playing for years. the small case
was really nice also. The only thing I noticed after the first rehersal was
that right after a 15 minute break when I went to tume up, the octave key pad
was slightly sticky. Other than that it was a really nice sounding horn.
I was using the Yamaha mouthpiece that came with it for lastnights rehersal on a
soft Bari reed. Over the weekend I will swap back to the Garrett mouthpiece and
see how it sounds.
Ok last night was the first rehersal with the new Yamaha. I can say it is lighter than the Beuscher that I have been playing for years. the small case was...
Hello I have been playing on a very second hand Bundy for a little while learning to live with the thin tone in the upper registers and the clanky long note ...
Peter, it is sort of the nature of the beast! Even with a top-of-the line pro instrument slurring down twelphts is daunting. We try to learn to interrupt the...
Hmm Thanks for the responses. I see I am not alone which is always a comfort. I do find the beast very sensitive to reed a "good" reed suddenly becomes ...
Peter, By all means have the instrument checked for leaks if you have access to good technician. Many players use a softer strength reed on bass, so that ...
if you are using a stock mpc or a student selmer ( c*,etc) I would suggest getting a mpc with a l sent from my glitchy iPhone On Jun 24, 2009, at 3:07 PM,...
sorry about that! I found stock/ student mpcs to have small tip openings, resulting in weak weak upper register playing, my current fave is a selmer H, huge...
I have a Vandoren B45 mpc which has a tip opening of about 2mm or about 1/16" in old money. I have no means of accurate measurement. Maybe my description of...
Peter, In my opinion the Vandoren B45 is a poor choice for most bass clarinet applications. The large tip opening with a rather extreme curve is good for one...
Thanks I had suspected that might be the case. I will have to find someone who will let me try a few mpcs not easy here in Cumbria. I certainly can play loudly...
Peter If you ever get to the Midlands with your bass, I'd be happy to let you try my mouthpieces. Ones I would recommend are Walter Grabner and Clark Fobes, ...
Have emailed you privately. Am in Cumbria and have some mouthpieces to try best wishes Nick Phillips ________________________________ From: Peter Gentry...
Nick and Peter - for those of us in the US where the heck is Cumbria (I'm to lazy to look it up) John ________________________________ From: Nick Phillips...
... Gar, it was easier to look up than it was to type your question. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=cumbria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbria Not to be...
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