[tempesax]

I recently picked up a Florida Link USA metal bari mouthpiece.

Plays nice. However, it seems a bit too wide for most of my bari reeds.

I know that bass clarinet reeds are a bit wider than tenor reeds and you can use a bass clarinet reed on a tenor sax mouthpiece.

Does the same hold for contrabass clarinet reeds on a bari mouthpiece?

Are they "just a bit wider?"

Can you use contrabass clarinet reeds on an extra-wide bari mouthpiece?

Thanks,

Mark

 

[paulwl]

I've used contra reeds on bass sax. The main difference seems to be the length of the cut, rather than the blank, which is about the size of a bari reed. Maybe a mm or two wider.

You can get bass sax reeds for no more money than contra, and they'll work on most bari mouthpieces.

 

[tempesax]

Thanks!

 

[MojoBari]

I think Vandoren bari reeds are a bit wider than other cane reeds. Can someone confirm?

 

[dtkky]

Yes, I can confirm that Vandoren bari reeds are indeed wider than other cane reeds. (by almost 1 mm compared to Ricos). Rigotti is about in between. As for synthetics, I find Legere almost as wide as Vandoren. Fibracells are probably the narrowest. Not a problem for most bari mpc except for Vandoren mpcs. My AL4 is really quite wide and will only take Vandoren or Legere.

 

[tempesax]

Great input. I will try out some Vandoren reeds and see if they fit the piece a bit better.

 

[dtkky]

Glad to be of help. I have a STM Link and Ricos fit it fine. Could be that yours have been refaced quite a bit and therefore making the window wider, since Links have concave side walls?

 

[dtkky]

Oops. I meant BL4, not AL4. Brain fade.

 

[MattiL]

If bass clarinet reeds are a little bit wider than tenor reeds, maybe they cold work with some narrow bari mouthpieces then?