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After not playing bari for 20 yrs, I've been testing and narrowing down my choices but I have a few specific questions for those of you familiar with these pieces.
B75 - I've noticed that the mouthpiece window is almost as wide as the reed on 3 samples-is this a potential issue-has anyone had problems with this? Is this a good compromise mouthpiece for the price, or really good irrespective of price?
Berg Larsen HR 85/1/m - bought at age 17 when I knew even less than I know now..... I think I prefer the overall sound (the growl..) of the Berg to everything else, but this opening is probably not optimum-playing Rico Royal 4, Lavoz Med Hard, or Hemke 3.5s....
RPC - I trialed one of these last year and remember thinking: "this sounds just like my Berg, but bigger...." duh, guess what I didn't buy but should have... for those of you who play these, what ligature options are there- bass clarinet???
Finally-I like the Berg sound, but am hesitant to purchase new, due to multiple comments about the quality, and unsure of how many I would have to try to find an acceptible piece, and then have to send it to a refacer to clean up, so-are there other pieces that are Berg like? Does anyone concur that the RPC's are similar?
Pieces I've tried and didnt like-HR links, Yani metal
Thanks for the input...
B75 - I've noticed that the mouthpiece window is almost as wide as the reed on 3 samples-is this a potential issue-has anyone had problems with this? Is this a good compromise mouthpiece for the price, or really good irrespective of price?
Berg Larsen HR 85/1/m - bought at age 17 when I knew even less than I know now..... I think I prefer the overall sound (the growl..) of the Berg to everything else, but this opening is probably not optimum-playing Rico Royal 4, Lavoz Med Hard, or Hemke 3.5s....
RPC - I trialed one of these last year and remember thinking: "this sounds just like my Berg, but bigger...." duh, guess what I didn't buy but should have... for those of you who play these, what ligature options are there- bass clarinet???
Finally-I like the Berg sound, but am hesitant to purchase new, due to multiple comments about the quality, and unsure of how many I would have to try to find an acceptible piece, and then have to send it to a refacer to clean up, so-are there other pieces that are Berg like? Does anyone concur that the RPC's are similar?
Pieces I've tried and didnt like-HR links, Yani metal
Thanks for the input...