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I find the latest install of Legere reeds to be better than cane in every dimension...however, I don't play any classical...primarily Bluegrass, Klezmer, Rock 'n Roll, Big Band...

I have been known to play a bass clarinet in a Klezmer band (also in a bluegrass band, both soprano and bass clarinet)

I have had very good results with synthetics on clarinet, and use them exclusively on tenor and baritone sax

...just chiming in here on the clarinet type I have 3 Selmer clarinets from this era: - P-series Centered Tone - Full Boehm Centered Tone - Early Series 9 I mostly play the Centered tone, but I also have a Yamaha Custom 853 that is a great practice horn as the intonation is so perfect, and I...

About 10 years ago, I stumbled upon an ad in Craigslist...turns out, a father that lives in a wealthy neighborhood nearby bought a brand new Yanagisawa B-991 bari sax for his 15-year-old son. The son messed around with it for a month or two and then decided he wasn't interested. I replied to the...

I play only large bore clarinets because I like the free-blowing nature (more than the small tonality difference). The throat tones come in tune if you relax your jaw and open your air passage...try this and you will see the tuning flexibility...practice long tones in the throat tone region...

Ditto on Rovner ligs...particularly the "Lite" models that have two narrow straps

I have found that bite patches and electrical tape get gooey/grungy pretty quickly. I tend to glue strips of TechCork to the inside of the ligature for mouthpieces that are slippery (or too small for lig).

The only Yamaha saxophones that ever "grabbed me" are the YxS -61 series and the Custom Z series (I own a silver-plated pair of alto/tenor). There is nothing 'wrong' with the 23, but it doesn't take much money to get a middle aged Yanagisawa, or even an early Cannonball, for example.

I have used the muncy rings for several years. They are great...

I play in both big band and rock settings (woodwinds and keyboards). I always wear earplugs... period. I like the erymotics as well but have used the Hearos brand

...I totally agree, I'm a woodwind tech, and (in the interest of getting quality horns into middle school programs) spent some time during the pandemic looking at the cheapest way to generate exceptional-playing clarinets and alto saxophones for the schools. I focused on <shopgoodwill.com> as my...

To quote the Ferree's web site "Do NOT just clamp down and start cranking, be discreet. " What the tool does is exactly as you say...it grabs a circumferential slice of the neck tenon and (ideally) squeezes in uniformly around the entire circumference. The theory and practice of it is that by...

The first horn I ever worked on was a silver-plated Conn Wonder tenor saxophone; I got to learn everything, including patching holes where it was corroded through...I learned about making and tightening keywork, straightening parts, dent work, lots of soldering, etc...it cleaned up well and was...

I mostly use a Bonade inverted. There are some things I don't like about them, and I have modified the two I have, but they work pretty well, are easy to line up and press on the Reed with two long bars. I like the Optimum but it is too big for both my favorite mouthpieces (Fobes and Grabner)...

Reawakening this old thread...curious about this. I play old Selmer CT and Series 9 clarinets. Have recently started playing with more open mouthpieces, as it makes doubling with sax much easier to accommodate. Unfortunately, I tend to blow a little flat, and all I have with these clarinets are...

I had all but replaced my J40 (anniversary model of 211) with a Muramatsu EXIII a couple years ago, but early this year I managed to get a reasonable price on a used 'EC' cut head. I now find myself playing the 211/EC combo more than my Muramatsu; the M is sweeter, but the Y is more versatile...

Eric Alexander is a master of playing at light speed with no blurring of the fingers. I'm told it's the same thing watching him run a marathon.

deMedici with a straight joint...

I have fitted a Couf Superba neck to my T880 and it still sounds the same...the sterling Yani '95' neck is more different than the Couf.