Gleichweit Clarinet Mouthpiece Review!
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2021
- A huge thank you to Gleichweit for sending out their 7-1, 7-4 and 8-4 clarinet mouthpieces for review! While this video was not sponsored in any way, I appreciate them sending the mouthpieces out for the sole purpose of doing this review. I had a lot of fun trying these mouthpieces out and you can hear additional excerpts (Scheherazade, Roger Zare) on my Instagram account. After you watch this video go check out the additional recordings and then let me know which mouthpiece was your favorite!
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Equipment Used:
All excerpts were recorded on a Buffet Tosca A clarinet
Rovner Versa clarinet ligature
Audio Equipment:
MixPre-3
Line Audio CM4 Stereo Pair
Shure KSM 141
(In an effort to keep the sound as accurate as possible, no EQ or other audio processing tools are added to clips of me playing.)
Camera:
Fujifilm XT-3
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Super! Many thanks for your review! I’m very glad to watch and listen it and very interested for Gleichweit mouthpieces!
Im glad it was helpful Gokan, thank you for watching!!
Thanks for making this! I was recently interested in these mouthpieces but agree, the website explaining the models is extremely confusing so I didn’t know where to start- you’ve helped narrow down my search so thanks for that
I’m glad you found it helpful! Thank you for watching!
Thank you for your playing. The combination. Of your playing and these mouthpieces
Produces a lovely tone. Thank you for your videos. God bless you. Bill. UK
Thanks for this! Been using the BW no 8 for many years now, I agreed with everything you said on this video. yes, the naming system could be better, I think Hannes tries to make as many different models to fit different players as we are all so different. Looking forward to the barrels review!
Thanks for watching Junnan! I’m looking forward to recording it!
Would love your take on the Viotto mouthpieces. Although they are generally bit resistant but have a absolutely beautiful sound.
Thank you for this and the other videos, and congratulation!!! About the mouthpieces, I like the coulor sound and the feeling of the resistance of the last one, It´s like you don´t need to much control at the beginning of the sound, but is my feeling listening you.
Thank you for the comment! I listened to the excerpts a lot and even though I had chosen the 7-1, there was something special about each of them. I know what you mean about the last one!
I really liked the variety of your utube videos. Thank you for covering these mouthpieces. I LOVED the sound.. full, round, spot on intonation, bright without being piercing. I don't know how much is your lovely playing but u would like to try one too. Is there a US dealer that carries these? Would like to know how they sound next to Ridenour mouthpiece...
@@ParkHouseCreationsdo Gleichtweit mouthpieces fit to Bb clarinets?
Just found this video, and a great demonstration. From what I heard, the 8.4 was clearly to stuffy and resistant compared to the 71. and 7.4. The 7.1 had a very clear, dark and warm sound, but the 7.4 was not too far behind, and choice would be a matter of preference.
I get a 7-4 recently, really courious desing. It has really wide tip and side rails but surprisely is easy blowing and easy (and very round) articulation. After take some measures, it doesn't fit with the facing and opening length at all. House brand secrets I guess. I really love the sound and the eveness it ofers. Totally recomendable!!
I’m glad you found a model you liked Diego, Gleichweit is definitely making some really great sounding stuff!
Excellent products from Vienna...currently I'm using a Hi7 (Reform Bohem Bore) on my Buffet RCs (yes, Viennese facing on French clarinets...) and it's wonderful!
I’m definitely still interested in trying to make something similar work in the future! Thank you for letting me know what has worked well for you!
You're welcome....thanks to you too for the good review. Viennese playing style is my favorite and this mpiece together with vienna cut reeds sounds like a good compromise on my RCs. Intonation is spot on as well...
@@ParkHouseCreations which vandoren mouthpieces we can compare to Gleichtweit? Of course by tip op.and facings
Thanks for this! For the Gleichweit 8.4, how did it compare to Puccini tosca? Especially in terms of reed resistance, whether you had to use a more/less resistant reed
Really interesting video! I currently play with a Pomarico Wizzard Open (tip opening of 1.35). Which one of these would you recommend?
7_1, fantástico
Thank you!
Which bore design did you use on these? Reform Boehm? These tip openings are huge for Viennese, I'm used to seeing 0.8mm.
I believe these were just their standard Boehm bore designs!
Such an interesting review of such interesting mouthpieces! I feel that the B8-4 had the richest tone, though not by much, over the 7-1, with the 7-4 definitely in last place. (How I wish you had played the B8-4 some more.) There could be other reasons for that: by the third performance of the same piece, the reed may have "warmed up", and you may have relaxed a little more (even though you know the piece so well) in playing it. You did seem to struggle just a bit with the 7-4, but with more practice on it, perhaps it would have sounded equally as fine. Thank you so much for these reviews.
Thanks for watching! I am glad you found the review interesting! Another reason you may have preferred the B8-4; it’s facing is actually closest to the mouthpiece I am most used to playing on! It certainly does have a compelling sound and when I was listening back to the recordings while filming the rest of the review I kept second guessing whether I had made the right choice or not lol!
@@ParkHouseCreations We listeners hear only very limited samples from you in your reviews, whereas you obviously play on each mouthpiece that you review a lot more than we hear, so your verbal assessment is probably more accurate than what we might take away from our meagre listening. In addition, we are dependent on the recording devices used. In your Tosca mouthpiece review, you described the sound as large, round and warm; to me it sounded warm, but a long way from large and round. (I preferred these Gleichweits.) Yet you now play the Tosca quite a lot, so it must be satisfying for you - and again, perhaps we need to give more credence to your verbal assessment, based on more extensive experience, than to what our ears might tell us in a fleeting way. And I know that different people hear things differently, that gets proven time and time again.
You bring up some good points! In my previous space, recording could be a challenge. The acoustics of the room itself left a lot to be desired and in hindsight my mic placement was probably not the best for that space. Then of course, no matter what equipment we play on we are always trying to produce the sound we “hear” in our minds. With the Tosca review, I shifted to softer, more vibrant sounding reeds than I would normally use in an effort to get closer to what internally I was striving for and to also get the cleanest sounding recording possible out of that room. Perhaps in doing so, I obfuscated the natural tendencies of the mouthpiece. And thats where I think you are right, that at times, my spoken descriptions are probably better indicators for what most people could expect. For instance, even if the sound didn’t come across as round in that particular space, with those microphones, with my instrument/reeds, I still believe that most people would find the Tosca to be naturally “rounder” than the majority of mouthpieces on the market. (It’s a characteristic I’ve noticed when friends have tried the Tosca back-to-back with their current mouthpiece.)There are some exceptions to this of course! (Certain crystal mouthpieces being prime among them in my opinion), but I digress! Fortunately, I think I am getting better at recording the instrument and I am pretty happy with how the recordings from the Gleichweit review and IG posts turned out sound-wise. At least, I feel they were a reasonably accurate portrayal of the way they sounded in person. Thank you again for watching and commenting. I spend a lot of time thinking about these various factors and my perception of the way things sound, so it’s always interesting hearing from an outside perspective!
Liked the way you sounded on all three. My personal fav was the B7-4 but you sounded great on the B7-1 as well. I think you should seriously consider that Piece. Notes don’t pop out like others I’ve heard. However;
How flexible were these mouthpieces ? Could you play Gershwin ?
Copland ?
Beethoven 6th excerpt ?
Mendelssohn’s Mid Summer Night’s Dream except? Brahms 3rd ?
Thanks! And yes, it was definitely flexible enough to handle all of the standard excerpts!
@@ParkHouseCreations Does this mean flexible dynamics, or flexible tone? Thanks! I keep coming back to your videos.
7-4
Hi, I suggest you to test the "Bosi"" model by Gleichweit... a little susrpise!!!
Ahh, I will make sure to give it a try next chance I get! Thank you for watching Mr. Bosi!!
It's a pleasure!!! ... tell me when ok? ahahahah
Will do!
I liked the sound of the 7-1. It seems have a good amount of overtones as well. How were the rail width on that model?
Hey Patrick, the rails look virtually identical with very little variation between the three models. They are all somewhere between medium and medium thick. I hope that helps!
@@ParkHouseCreations makes sense. I find the Playnick and Vandoren BD5 to be a bit thicker than my usual preference, though I did get a Playnick and like it. What I heard was a nice dark sound with some real good overtones in the review. Might have to try the mouthpieces out sometime. Looking forward to seeing the barrel review.
Ya, I definitely think they are worth a try, especially if you are looking for something in the same camp as the PlayNick, but not quite as dark. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Greetings, I got some Gleichweit mouthpieces recently. I use 65mm barrel. I found that the pitches of all mouthpieces are lower than 442 especially in throat tone. Do you have a similar experience?
Hi, sorry I’m just getting back to this now! I generally play on shorter barrels (65mm/64mm) and I think these mouthpieces played pretty well in tune at 440. I don’t remember the throat tones being particularly low, but I think I would struggle to play at 442 with these mouthpieces without an even shorter barrel as well. I’m actually not sure how they are pitched, (440, 442, or 443) maybe they will pitch some higher for you?
Hi Eric, what do you play on when you aren't making reviews?
Hey James, that’s a good question! Before I started doing these reviews a refaced BD5 had been my go-to mouthpiece for about 4 years. But right now, I have two main mouthpieces that I play, an excellent refaced Livengood (you can hear this in my “opening vintage vandoren reeds” video) and the PlayNick Tosca model. They are both excellent and it basically comes down to what ensemble I’m playing in or what piece I am playing. The Livengood has more natural ring/power/etc. and the Tosca is effortlessly round and covered.
Also, I hope that you’ve been able to get some use out of that Grabner! I’d be curious to hear how you have liked it, feel free to DM me!
RE: Plastic vs Rubber - the plastic mouthpieces from ESM are some of the best machine manufactured mouthpieces available. The facings are dead nuts even and repeatable. So they Germans are doing something right with their mouthpieces. The Gleichweit uses O-rings though which are more subject to breakage (I've just repaired one in fact).
The material was certainly a surprise given how much plastic mouthpieces are dismissed in the U.S.! In general I like the O-Rings, but I haven’t compared their longevity to cork!
What reeds did you use for this gleichweit models?
Hi, I believe in this video I used a Vandoren V12 strength 3.5 for each mouthpiece and on my Instagram posts where I play on the mouthpiece I used mostly a D'Addario Reserve Classic strength 3.5. Both worked very well and I think it would just come down to your individual brand preference!
For my ears it's a toss-up between the 7-1 & 7-4, they both sound great but each in a different way. The 7-1 sounds more focused, like a brighter variety of the 'Germanic' sound(think Karl Leister or the late George Pieterson), which is ideal for the Brahms(and Beethoven excerpts) IMO, while the 7-4 sounds slightly broader and deeper(but still retains a good focus) which I think suits the Schumann very well(and also works by Mendelssohn). The 8-4 is a bit less direct than the 2 7s, though I see its potential in some of the heavier vibrato passages in the repertoire. Lastly, I wish Johannes had sent you the 8-2 as well, I'm curious what the 2nd number denotes here!
Thanks for watching and commenting Josh! I like your assessment of their sound profiles! However, I am not familiar with George Pieterson and will have to look him up tonight!
@@ParkHouseCreations George Pieterson was the principal clarinetist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1975-2004, and he played on Wurlitzer Reform Boehm clarinets. He sadly passed away in 2016. His Rachmaninov solos are among one of the best IMHO.
PS I meant to say I wish they've sent you the B8(as the B8-2's facing is veerry long!) along with the 3 mpcs you've tried so we could hear what exactly caused the difference on the B8-4's less direct sound!
@@jmwoods190 I found some lovely recordings of his and I immediately saw what you meant when you spoke of his "brighter Germanic sound." I agree about the B8, it would have been nice to have that reference point as well! Though, overall, I have to say I am floored by how well they predicted the comfort levels of the mouthpieces they did send me. I would have been comfortable playing on any of them!
Thoughts over the Tosca or other Playnicks?
It’s a good question, I liked both of them and I found both comfortable to play on. Take this with a grain of salt since I never played them side by side, I think the PlayNick Tosca has slightly more cover and produces a slightly more round sound naturally, while the Gleichweit’s produced a sound with a lot of clarity. I feel like they provide two different takes on the “Austrian” sound, but both are intriguing in their own way!
second sounded best to me
Loved the tone on the 8-4!! All sounded great though!
Excellent review as always. What are the costs of each in USD? Is there a US distributor? Do you know if there is much variation in quality and response from mpc. to mpc of the same model necessitating trying several before choosing one? In US plastic mpcs. there is a fragility for easy chipping or breaking over hard rubber. Do you think it is the same for these? I am subscribed to your channel.
Thanks for watching! All good questions, I'll do my best to answer them! I believe all of these models cost 190 euro's which today is about $225ish USD. I do not believe that there is a U.S. distributor at this time, though I could be wrong! I don't think I can really answer your consistency question, I was only able to try one of each model. However, at the very least I can say that none of them were "duds" or had obvious imperfections. In general when I do these reviews, if the single copy I receive is good, I don't worry too much about quality control for the brand. To put it simply, I would personally feel comfortable ordering just one of a Gleichweit's if I was interested in a particular model, even if there would be variations between mouthpieces of that same model. And it's an interesting question about fragility. The material definitely feels a tiny bit different, but without doing a drop test (I'm sorry, I won't be doing that hahaha) I can't definitively say if its more or less durable. I would think you wouldn't have to worry too much about it though! Thanks for subscribing!!
7-1 best 8-4 close 2nd but 7-4 least favorite. 7-4 even sounded a bit stuffy. 7-1 very lyrical and crisp,7-4 more focused and dense.
And yes yes yes I also liked the 7-1 best.
I just got mine, bro it not working
Sorry! What model did you get and what reeds are you trying to use?
I got the rsw and I’m using vandoren 3 reeds
www.gleichweit-mundstuecke.com/en/mouthpieces/bb-clarinet/boehm-facing/223/gleichweit-rohling-ohne-bahn?c=92
I can’t find the RSW, is it this?
@@mathewhastava4614 You need a Vandoren #8 reed on a Viennese mouthpiece. No joke - tip thickness 8 mil, not 5 mil. (EDIT - I see now that they are offering this mpc in 1.15 opening so this is not a classic Viennese mpc)
@@jerrykorten664 thanks for everything but I ended up just sending it back lol
Surprised you don’t use the easier and less clumsy high Eb fingering for octave jumps: TO oxx oox eb key
That’s a good question! The intonation for that fingering is often too low on my instruments and that, unfortunately, was the case here as well. Thank you for watching and commenting, I’m sure that it will be helpful for others!