{"id":631,"date":"2018-05-16T08:48:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T15:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saxnoir.com\/site\/?p=631"},"modified":"2018-05-16T09:03:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T16:03:21","slug":"new-vandoren-bd5-eb-clarinet-mouthpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saxnoir.com\/site\/?p=631","title":{"rendered":"New Vandoren Black Diamond Eb Clarinet Mouthpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been blessed with the support of Alex&nbsp;Kundakcioglu of Vandoren Canada&#8230;.we played together years ago before he moved back to Toronto and we are the poorer here in Vancouver for the loss of his magnificent trumpet! &nbsp;He has been sending me new Vandoren equipment releases for a few years and the latest is the Black Diamond BD5 Eb Clarinet mouthpiece. &nbsp;Wow! &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Vandoren Black Diamond BD5 Eb mouthpiece is free-blowing, round, warm, ringing and centred like it\u2019s Bb big brother. &nbsp;&nbsp;Perfect for students and professionals, especially those like me who only pick up the Eefer occasionally. &nbsp;&nbsp;The BD5 takes all the potential squawkiness away from the little clarinets so I\u2019m getting a second one for my D clarinet. &nbsp;For me, the few times I play C, D, or Eb clarinets are in Mahler symphonies where I am frequently playing A, Bb and Bass as well. &nbsp;&nbsp;So it is great to be able to pick it up with no fear, get great response and a pure sound without having to do a month of long tones first. &nbsp;I well remember a friend in high school who bought an Eb clarinet but was not allowed to play it because of his tone&#8230;if only he could have had a Black Diamond mouthpiece!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saxnoir.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vandoren-BD5-Eb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-629\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saxnoir.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vandoren-BD5-Eb-682x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saxnoir.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vandoren-BD5-Eb-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/www.saxnoir.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vandoren-BD5-Eb-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.saxnoir.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vandoren-BD5-Eb-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.saxnoir.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vandoren-BD5-Eb.png 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been blessed with the support of Alex&nbsp;Kundakcioglu of Vandoren Canada&#8230;.we played together years ago before he moved back to Toronto and we are the poorer here in Vancouver for the loss of his magnificent trumpet! 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