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i played on a vandoren B45 for a year, because my teacher had a bunch of them that he ordered in bulk so his students could get them at discounted prices compared to the music stores in town. i got my B45 for 50 dollars, while the B45s at the music store are closer to 100 neutral anyway...i invested about 120 for the gigliotti, which has made me happy so far. It plays well for all of the situations i find myself in. (pit orchestra, symphonic band, orchestra, jazz) it gets a really nice, clear tone that has helped me receive many compliments razz

compared to the B45, i like it better (although, i will keep the B45 because it's always nice to have a spare). right now my little brother is using my B45 because it's better than the stock mouthpiece he was using razz

i use a vandoren mouthpiece for classical stuff on my sax(i also march on my sax, so i don't know if the gigliotti is good for marching, even though i probably wouldn't use it to march anyway....i'd hate to drop it and break it somehow.)

for my sax(my true love) i have 3 different mouthpieces that i use. my claude lakey 6*3, berg larsen 90/2, and vandoren A45. overall, i have spent at least $360 (this is rounding down and guessing low as well) on just those three. i have a bari mouthpiece that also cost me 100 dollars, my vandoren for my clarinet was 50 plus the gigliotti which was 120..overall about $630 on mouthpieces alone .-. more than i've spent on either of my clarinets...or both of them put together, for that matter. my clarinets combined were only $600 sad ..but it doesn't matter, your mouthpiece is almost as important as your instrument, if not more. my plastic clarinet sounds better than nearly anybody's wooden clarinet that i've met. of course, i've never met a professional, but it's still pretty impressive. the only problem is tuning in the throat tones. the tuning everywhere else is nearly spot-on.

anyway, i'd suggest looking at as many mouthpieces as you can. every mouthpiece works differently for everyone. i would take suggestions on specific mouthpieces lightly. sure, it will work similarly and most likely be an excellent mouthpiece, but the only real way to find the best mouthpiece for you is trying every mouthpiece you can find and deciding what you like about it.

that's one of the things i love about my gigliotti. i have nearly perfect control over my dynamics in any of the clarinet's many registers. i can play a PPP all the way up to a G an octave above the staff smile ..one downfall though is that adjusting the tuning using my embouchure is more difficult than with most mouthpieces i've used. so i've got to find a "happy medium" if i know i'll be playing throat tones a lot so that i can lip down for notes below or above the throat tones or lip up for the throat tones. in my mind, the sacrifice is worth it, especially since i spend most of my time above and below the staff.

i've never played an R13, but i've never like any of the buffet clarinets i've ever tried neutral make sure you oil your bore, clean your mouthpiece and swab your spit out of the instrument.

Hey guys, i need more help with my wooden clarinet.

So, it has a really good sound, and i love it. Problem is, it is constantly flat. I've tried messing wiht everything, both insturment and myself, and nothing pulls the sound up. My mom had this same problem when she played it. is there any way to get it so that it is in tune?

Good news about that though: It is harder to get sharp.

Oh,a nd my wooden barrel works now, by the way. I think it was me as a player that was making it difficult to use. I've been using the wooden barrel instead of the plastic one lately and it has a better sound then my plastic one, which was previously the exact opposite.

Well, like i said, it was doing the same when my mom played it about 30 years ago. The corks have been replaced since then.

possibly, a pad isn't sealing all the way, causing every note affected by that pad to be flat.

hellooooooo xp