Eddie Daniels Mouthpiece

[sopranosaxman]

I'm using this piece since it came with my concerto II clarinet and I was just curios to know how these pieces are compared to other clarinet mouthpieces. Could anyone thats tried it tell me? I just wondered if there was something I could move up to to change my sound a little bit.

[sopranosaxman]

Can any of the more experienced doublers answer my question?

[Nefertiti]

I'm not sure how we can help you if you don't tell us how you want your sound to change. Do you want to get louder,brighter, darker, fatter sounding, more focused. Any mouthpiece you switch to will give you some changes. I played a ED piece for a year or two and honestly thought it was one of the best pieces I played. Nice dark sound that projects great. The piece I use now is a Selmer that I found in a music store. They must have had it there for awhile but it plays great. A little brighter than the ED for me.

[sopranosaxman]

What reeds did you use on your eddie daniels? I'm playing on a concerto II and also have an R13, but I notice the reed makes a large difference in pitch on both and i'm still usually on the flat side. I'm just looking for something more free blowing with a bigger sound.

[bandmommy]

Free blowing and bigger....

I play a Selmer Signature. It's one of the most resistant clarinets on the market. I've found that the Selmer C85 series mpc's work well with it as well as a Portnoy 3.
I've also used a Vandoren 5RV Lyre and a Larry Combs 3 with good results. Reeds are Vandoren Classics or V12's in 3, 3.5 or 4. Right now I think my favorite is the Portnoy.

As for being a little on the flat side.....How's your embouchure and horn angle?
You may just need to firm up a bit more and lower your angle.

[Nefertiti]

Free blowing and bigger....

I play a Selmer Signature. It's one of the most resistant clarinets on the market. I've found that the Selmer C85 series mpc's work well with it as well as a Portnoy 3.
I've also used a Vandoren 5RV Lyre and a Larry Combs 3 with good results. Reeds are Vandoren Classics or V12's in 3, 3.5 or 4. Right now I think my favorite is the Portnoy.

As for being a little on the flat side.....How's your embouchure and horn angle?
You may just need to firm up a bit more and lower your angle.

That's what I have I think a Selmer C85. Great playing piece.
Sopranosaxman,
I played Vandoren V12 3 1/2 on it as I remember. Have you tried different barrels. i got a Buffet Chadash barrell tht kills the original R13 barrel and I also got one of those Eddie Daniels synthetic barrels that is shorter and gives me more power and stops things from going flat.

[Roger Aldridge]

The ED mouthpiece is made from a Zinner blank...which is very good quality hard rubber. It's my understanding that the current production EDs have a facing that is machine-made. Whereas, top-level clarinet mouthpiece designers like Gregory Smith, Walter Grabner, and Richard Hawkins who use Zinner blanks hand-face their mouthpieces with their particular magic.

One of my clarinet buddies absolutely loves his ED mouthpiece.

It always comes down to trying a selection of mouthpieces and finding one that works especially well for you as a player, your tonal conception, and the particular tonal/resistance characteristics of your clarinet.

Roger

[captain blowhard]

The ED mouthpiece is made from a Zinner blank...which is very good quality hard rubber.
Roger

How do you evaluate the quality of hard rubber?

[Roger Aldridge]

Smell to start with. Look for a sulpher quality to the smell of the mouthpiece. Then, I listen for particular tonal qualities in my sound. With a high quality hard rubber mouthpiece with a facing applied by a master mouthpiece designer/refacer I usually hear tonal qualities and a level of projection that I don't experience as much with a comparable mouthpiece made of something less than high quality hard rubber. Of course, there are some players who'd disagree with me. But, this has been my personal experience.

Roger

[bandmommy]

You may have something there Roger.

My best sounding mpc's smell like tires when they get really warm.