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World Class Clarinet Mouthpieces and Clarinet Products

My Business:

Mouthpieces

I have been in business for ten years, supplying world-class mouthpieces and other related products and services to clarinetists the world over. In that time period, I have handcrafted over six thousand seven hundred mouthpieces.

Buffet Clarinets

I sell new Buffet clarinets

I often have used and restored clarinets for sale.

Barrels

I also sell handcrafted clarinet barrels.

I accept VISA, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express credit card payments over the phone. Call 847-266-8644 to order.

What’s New?

Announcing my new 1193 Bass Clarinet Center. For several years now, it has been possible to only try out one 1193 at a time. Now, come and try out multiple 1193’s in my Chicago area location.

Also tryout those lovely “Lawrie Bloom” bass clarinet mouthpieces.

More news as this develops!!!!!!.

1193's available for immediate tryout. Click here for more information.

NEW R13 Bb clarinets, in both silver and nickel are available immediately – also a nice selection of Festivals!

Buy a piece of clarinet history! Grabner mouthpiece development prototypes – on sale at reduced prices.

Check out the Restored Clarinet page for quality used clarinets.

The CXZ_K11* mouthpiece is popping up everywhere. Heard in the Chicago Symphony last summer!

Grabner mouthpieces have also been spotted recently in the New Mexico Symphony, The Santa Fe Opera, the Honolulu Symphony, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra.

Clarinet of the Month! Tosca Bb - Serial # 601330

Play the World’s Best Clarinet

Experience beauty of tone, great control, and superb projection!

OUT on TRIAL

I selected this clarinet from a group of eight Tosca Bb clarinets.

It has that superb “Tosca projection” that no other brand/model of clarinet seems to possess. This Tosca clarinet comes with silver plated keys, Gore-Tex pads, beautiful unstained grenadilla wood, two barrels, the alternate Eb/Ab key, metal tenon caps, and the “Space-Age” Case.

Buffet Tosca Bb………………………………………………………$5,935 plus shipping

See www.clarinetxpress.com/newway.html for ordering information..

Trips to Buffet in Florida

As a authorized Buffet dealer, I always want to present the very best products to my customers. To do this, I periodically visit Buffet Crampon in Florida to select the very best clarinets I can find.

I personally select and test every clarinet that I sell. This takes time and costs money. Why do I do it? I do it to present the best quality I possibly can. At right; Al Maniscalco, Walter Grabner, Bruce Marking.

Click here to see current prices and review my policies.

Click here to see descriptions and pictures of individual clarinets that are prepped and ready to ship immediately!

Icelandic Symphony Orchestra Clarinet Section Uses All Walter Grabner Mouthpieces

Pictured below, is a photo of the clarinet section of the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. From left: Sigurdur Snorrason (Siggi), Runar Oskarsson and Einar Johannesson.

As of fall 2006, they all perform on Walter Grabner mouthpieces, including soprano, Eb soprano, bass clarinet, and basset horn mouthpieces.

I have had the pleasure of working and corresponding with these gentlemen for several years. Their input on my craftsmanship has truly helped me move my art to a higher level.

For more about the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, click here.

Buffet Muncy Barrels

Try the NEW Buffet Muncy Barrels. They are amazingly good. I recommend them for all R13 based Bb AND A clarinets. On both clarinets, I immediately noticed a deeper richer tone, more balanced intonation, and amazing response. This is due to Phil Muncy’s Moennig- style taper, painstakingly cut using a six-reamer process.

Now available - the “Lawrie Bloom” Basset Horn Mouthpiece.

"Lawrie Bloom" Bass Clarinet Mouthpiece

Lawrie Bloom, legendary bass clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and I have formed a partnership to manufacture and develop the best possible bass clarinet mouthpiece.

Made from a Zinner blank, this mouthpiece is the product of hundreds of hours of designing, prototyping, and testing over a period of 2 ½ years.

This mouthpiece COMBINES legendary Zinner quality, the experience and artistry of Lawrie Bloom, one of the world’s great bass clarinetists, and my own craftsmanship, honed in the production of thousands of mouthpieces.

In the two years since this mouthpiece has been introduced, it has made its way into professional orchestras the world over and been given high ratings by many of the world’s finest bass clarinet players.

If you are interested in the Bass Clarinet, you may join the NewBassClarinetGroup, by clicking this link:

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Cool Links:

Attend concerts of the Chicago Clarinet Ensemble. If you love great clarinet playing and exciting soloists. For more information, click on this link: Chicago Clarinet Ensemble

Dr. David Etheridge, Professor of Clarinet at the University of Oklahoma, has authored a three volume guide for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students and their teachers , entitled “A Practical Approach to the Clarinet”. I have reviewed them and they are excellent. For more information, click here.

Bass clarinet players - if you don’t have the Michael Drapkin “Symphonic Repertoire for the Bass Clarinet”, Volumes One ,Two, and Three you are really missing out. I wish that these excerpt books had been available when I was on the audition circuit. Every serious bass clarinet player should have them: www.bassclarinet.net

If you want clarinet music, methods, recordings, and books. try Gary Van Cott first. He is a woodwind.org sponsor and performs a valuable service for the clarinet (and entire woodwind) community. He is always a pleasure to work with. I buy all my music from him. He’s just a great guy to do business with. Here is his website: http://www.vcisinc.com/

If you want to try some great clarinet barrels (and you don’t want to get them from me), try Dr. Allen Segal. He makes lovely clarinet barrels: http://www.clarinetconcepts.com/

Please click on the links above for information about my products and services. To contact me, click here.

Copyright: Walter Grabner, 2004