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Today was a candy day, for my clarinet and, by association, for me: two new mouthpieces in mail! The first one was Henri Selmer Echo (see the previous video on this channel). The second one was Walter Grabner's new Crystal Tech. Not only it is stunningly beautiful, it is also made with a novel, I quote "construction method which creates a crystaline, latticelike structure to the mouthpiece." I ...

So I tried the Henri Selmer Echo clarinet mouthpiece today. I made this little demonstration as a courtesy to fellow clarinetists. It is not a paid or manufacturer-supported endorsement of any product displayed in this video.

Trying basset horn on a couple of numbers in Fiddler on the Roof (reduced orchestration). Sight-reading transposition is actually not an issue if you 1) read the Bb part as if it were in bass clef in concert key; 2) know the piece, to avoid wrong accidentals.

Testing a new Buffet Crampon basset horn in F. Setup: Walter Grabner “Lawrie Bloom” basset horn mouthpiece, Vandoren V.12 #3 alto sax reed, BG Super Revelation ligature.

Just received this Morgan Jazz 6M alto mouthpiece in mail (thank you eBay). It is replacing my favorite Mouthpiece Cafe NYC #6 mouthpiece that has mysteriously disappeared. Morgan Jazz is yet another variation on the classic Meyer, a bit brighter than MC, a bit too bright to my taste, but manageable. I do like it a lot. Noodling on it here with a Java (green) #3 reed on my Yamaha 875EX alto.

Meeting my friends, Dinu Lipatti and Mel Ahah aka Barkania Duo, schmoozing, playing and me trying their Yamaha CSGIII German bore Boehm clarinets, comparing them back to back and moving on to my main Bb Cl, Selmer Privilege. Didn't have time for anything but to just noodle on each of them. Hope that still gives some idea about these instruments in a non-strictly-classical (klezmer in this case)...

Playing (or, rather, noodling) here on the relatively new equipment I got for my Selmer Privilege, 1st generation, two Selmer Centered Tone barrels (66.5, 67.5mm, this here is 66.5mm) and Behn Aria reeds. This setup includes: - Selmer Privilege Bb clarinet, 1st gen. - Selmer Centered Tone barrel (2017, for Privilege and Presence models). - Grabner Virtuoso moutphiece - Ishimori solid silver lig...

Uebel Preference professional Bb clarinet. Serial number B125588

Yamaha YTS 875EX proves to be really versatile instrument with dead-on intonation that does cover classical needs but has so much more to offer. The neck I chose to use here is a wider bore V1, which is a bit challenging, and I probably wouldn't use it in orchestra (for that purpose I’d use G3/E1 or even C1) but for the rest of my work it fits quite well. There are 3 mouthpieces and 2 different...

I went to see Clark Fobes on the rare occasion of his visit to New York in late April 2016, and I had a chance to go through a variety of his wonderful clarinet equipment, including barrels, extensions, and mouthpieces. This video shows my spare Bb clarinet, Yamaha SEV Master, with Clark Fobes grenadilla barrel (66mm) on it. I also play Grabner CXZ_AW_PERS mouthpiece, a Vandoren V21 #4 reed, an...

Coming back to the Berg Larsen hard rubber mouthpiece reface by Norbert Stachel (not sure what was the original opening / facing, doesn't matter now). Also, giving another ride to the new Yamaha V1 neck on the YTS-62 I tenor. The correct youtube channel URL address at the end should be ua-cam.com/channels/DjR5Ww3TyvH46ITGBLpxyA.html

I made this video a while ago but forgot to upload it. Meanwhile it reveals a sweet, dark-chocolate-smooth side of the Julius Keilwerth CX90 Prestige copper-tubealto saxophone with gold-plated keywork. This is a discontinued model that served as a stencil for the also discontinued Buffet S3 Prestige alto, and was substituted with the new Buffet Senzo. Watch out for guest actors in this video! :)

just a quick one. Hoping to do a more comprehensive review later.

Yamaha SEV Master Bb clarinet

Buffet E11 C clarinet Grabner G11 mouthpiece

Leblanc Opus II clarinet in A

Yamaha YTS-62 tenor saxophone classical setup

Keilwerth CX90 alto Vandoren A35 V12 3 reed

Keilwerth CX90 day 2

Conn 6M

Avanti Brannen flute

An Eefer (Eb piccolo clarinet) on a budget

Rakhamim (the Minsk Chesed Rachamim choir signature song)

Leblanc bass clarinet to low Eb (mid-1960's)

Traditional Hutsul (Red Rus, Ruthenian) #fiddle tune

Daniel Galay - Klezmer Notes for clarinet and strings

Hungarian verbunkos dance set at Zlatne Uste Golden Festival 2014

Kohlert Bb hard rubber clarinet

W. A. Mozart - Oboe Concerto in C Major, KV 314, Alexey Utkin